Khaleej Times, U.A.E. War on ISIL Presents Obama with a Historic Opportunity "Obama has an opportunity in disaster to address the root causes of unrest across the world inspired by religion, geography and ethnic prejudice. All he has to do is deal with historic discords ranging from the issue of Palestinian statehood to injustices against badly-treated communities in the Middle East, Asia and Africa." — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times

Daily Observer, Liberia Ex-Employer says Ebola Carrier Knew He Had Virus as He Fled to U.S. "A source at his former employer at FedEx in Monrovia said Duncan apparently knew he was suffering from the virus, and that his best chance of survival was to reach America, which is a position that a source from his family denied.” — REPORTER Omari Jackson MAY HAVE FLED TO U.S. FOR CARE

Salone Monitor, Sierra Leone Tribal Chiefs and Witch Doctors Need to Shut Up on Spread of Ebola "This has nothing to do with 'Juju medicine men' and other superstitious mechanisms that have failed. This is about the application of appropriate scientific approaches and logistics designed to find constructive, transparent and proven results that everyone can see and understand. ... Claims by tribal chiefs that exaggerate declines of the disease in their chiefdoms obscure the reality of its spread.” — COLUMNIST Ahmed Kanu AFRICAN TRIBAL LIFE VS. EBOLA

Salone Post, Sierra Leone Ebola in Sierra Leone: 'Our Doctors are Dying and the World is Letting them Die' "Where is the world? Our doctors are dying. Our nurses are dying. Our lab technicians are dying and yet help does not come. The only medical professionals getting life- saving treatment are foreigners - people from the U.S.and E.U.” — Miata Jambawai, Country Program Manager, The Aids Healthcare Foundation SIERRA LEONE: CORRUPT, STRICKEN

Israel Hayom, Israel, Netanyahu's Message to Obama: 'Iran More Dangerous than ISIS' "There is no reason to make make concessions to Iran due to fears about Islamic State. ... The Iranians have only one goal - a military nuclear capability." — UNIDENTIFIED Israeli Official

NETANYAHU: IRAN WORSE THAN ISIS

JERUSALEM POST: The U.S. and
Israel: The Art of Disagreement

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Anti-ISIL Arabs Have Much to Answer for TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH It is Islam itself in its essence and values that threatens us all with this barbaric sham of Islam - that is of allegedly divine inspiration. In this case, to confront ISIL by all possible means is above all the business and the responsibility of Sunnis.” — COLUMNIST Issa Goraieb ANTI-ISIL: PARTNERS IN ARMS?

Azzaman, Iraq Saddam's Nephew Called 'Chief Culprit' in Massacre at Former U.S. Camp Speicher TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC "The tribes of east Tikrit formed two cells to track down and assassinate the armed Daesh militants involved in the crime, after receiving news that there were Iraqi Army troops who were kidnapped and still alive at Speicher. ... It was also reported that nephew of Saddam - Ibrahim Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan - is suspected of being the chief culprit in the Speicher crime. — REPORTER Mazen Abdul Hamid

FAMILY BUSINESS: NEPHEW JOINS IS

Web Video, Islamic State VIDEO: Hostage John Cantlie Warns America, Allies of 'Gulf War III' Sept. 23, 00:05:37 "Eighteen years into our war with the Islamists, the U.S. government has given no public sign that it has even the slightest awareness of what its enemies are fighting for." — IS HOSTAGE John Cantlie PROPAGANDA: CANTLIE EPISODE II

Web Video, Islamic State VIDEO: 'Lend Me Your Ears': Hostage John Cantlie Suborned to Speak for Kidnappers Sept. 18, 00:03:22 "Over the next few programs, I'm going to show you the truth as the Western media tries to drag the world back into the abyss of a war with the Islamic State. After two disastrous and unpopular wars, why are our governments so keen to get involved in yet another unwinnable conflict?" — IS HOSTAGE John Cantlie PROPAGANDA: ISIL'S NEW TRICK

Tehran Times, Iran Rouhani Calls Anti-ISIL Coalition 'Terrorist Backers' and a 'Joke' "The anti-terrorism coalition, comprised of countries that have trained, equipped and financially backed terrorist groups is like a joke . ... However, any country that sincerely announces that it intends to fight terrorism from now on, we accept it. — IRAN President Hassan Rouhani

CALLS OUT COALITION HYPOCRITES

Web Video, Islamic State VIDEO: Islamic State Propaganda Video Laughably Not Scary Sept. 18, 00:01:02 This video is not 'slick', it is not 'well produced' and it is not 'scary.' Ask yourself why CNN, FOX News and MSNBC had to spent all day telling us how savvy and talented it shows us the terrorists are. — MANAGING EDITOR William Kern MAINSTREAM SCARE MONGERING

Daily Star, Lebanon Shame on Iran, Russia for 'Propping Up Assad' "Russia, Iran are indignant over plans by the U.S.-led coalition to intervene in Syria to battle ISIL, and are using the terms 'national sovereignty' and 'international law' without any regard for the intelligence of people who have been carefully watching the news. — EDITORIAL, Tehran Times

ASSAD AND ISIL: DEVILISH CHOICE

Web Video, Islamic State VIDEO: ISIL Terrorists Behead British Aid Worker David Haines Sept. 13, 00:02:28 "You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State just as your predecessor Tony Blair did following a trend amongst our Prime Minsters who can't find the courage to say no to the Americans." — MURDERER of David Baines ISIL PROPAGANDA CONTINUES

L'Expressions, Algeria 'Truth Will Come Out' of West's Hand Behind Terrorism TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH "The truth will come out and the world will know that the United States and the more proactive states of Europe are no strangers to cross-border terrorism and to the disorder now threatening world security. — COLUMNIST Karim Mohsen

THE SOURCES OF TERRORISM

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: New Government in Iraq: United and Inclusive? SEPTEMBER 9, 00:24:55 Panelists include former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi - who was charged with running a murder hit-squad and chased out of Iraq by now-ousted Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ahmed Rushdi - director House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation, and Ghassan Al Attiyah - founder and director of the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy. — Iraq's New Government BAGHDAD: BETTER THAN BEFORE?

Tehran Times, Iran 'Caliph' Baghdadi is Jewish Mossad Agent 'Simon Elliot' "According to sources linked to Edward Snowden and uncovered by the Iranian intelligence services, al-Baghdadi is in fact Simon Elliot, a Jewish agent for the Zionist intelligence agency Mossad. The plan was to invade countries which constitute a threat to the Israeli entity to establish the biblical 'Greater Israel.'” — COLUMNIST Yuram Abdullah Weiler

IS THE NEW CALIPH AN 'APOSTATE!'

Al-Arabiya, U.A.E. Al-Jazeera Arabic Casts Doubts on the Beheading Videos of U.S. Reporters "Al Jazeera ridiculed the horrific beheading of James Foley and Steven Sotloff as 'Hollywood' casting, saying the executions were 'unconvincing' and could be used as a pretext for a Western intervention in Syria." —NEWS ITEM, Al-Arabiya

Jerusalem Post, Israel Netanyahu Hails Legendary Jewish Comedian Rivers as a 'Vocal Supporter of Israel' "She was proud of her Jewish heritage and a vocal supporter of Israel. We will miss her deeply and we send our heartfelt condolences to her family.” — PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu

COMEDIAN JOAN RIVERS IS DEAD AT 81

Al-Arabiya, U.A.E. ISIL: Bruised, Desperate for 'American Targets' "In its videos, ISIL calls on U.S. President Obama to leave Iraq and what it refers to as Muslim lands. Fact is, its brutality against Iraqis is what reengaged a risk- averse president in a war he was always opposed to waging." —COLUMNIST Joyce Karam PULLING UNITED STATES BACK IN

AL-ARABIYA: ISIL Leader's
Top Aide Killed in Air Strike

Debka File, Israel Amid Trail of Atrocities, World Leaders Call on Someone Else to Stamp Out the Terrorist Disease "Hoping against hope to jerk them into action, Saudi King Abdullah on Saturday issued a wake-up call, and asked Western ambassadors to pass on an urgent message to leaders: Terrorism at this time is an evil force that must be fought with wisdom and speed. ... If neglected I'm sure after a month it will arrive in Europe and then in America." — DEBKA FILE Analysis

BUCK PASSING ON ISLAMIC STATE

JERUSALEM POST: U.S. Seeks
Global Coalition Against ISIL
ISRAEL HAYOM: War on Jews:
Europe and Now America

L'Expressions Algeria Old Racial Demons Emerge Again in Land of Uncle Sam TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “It was thought that racism against the Black population of the United States had disappeared with the Klu Klux Klan. ... Any doubts were thought to have been dispelled when, for the first time in its history, America elected Barack Obama. ... We forgot that there are those who are 'experts' at reopening old sociological wounds, and choosing the most conducive time and place to inject their poison.” — COLUMNIST Zouhir Mebarki LIKE FRENCH 'PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR'?

Israeli Innovation News, Israel Putin a 'Romantic Loner' and Obama 'Mistrustful': According to New Israeli Personality Algorithm "Ben Gurion University's computer- based personality profiling method can decipher the actual feelings of politicians. The subjects include Presidents Obama and Putin, and whistleblower Edward Snowden." — COLUMNIST Maya Yarowsky

READING MINDS OF WORLD LEADERS

Jerusalem Post, Israel Ferguson, Israel and the Power of Media "Due to the media I came across people while in Israel from all over the world who were afraid to come to the United States, because in the worldwide media the U.S. is seen a dangerous place." —WRITER Latrice Nettles IS ISRAEL SAFER THAN U.S.?

Debka File, Israel U.S. Strikes on ISIL in Syria will Boost Assad, Hezbullah "After declaring for nearly four years that Assad must go, the U.S. president may end up sending an aircraft carrier to save him.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

HELPING ASSAD TO KILL ISIL

JERUSALEM POST: America
Prepares to Attack Islamic
State Targets in Syria
JERUSALEM POST: Heed
Obama's Warning on Terror -
It is Later than You Think
JERUSALEM POST: Hamas,
ISIL, and Anti-Israel Activism

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon 'Short-Lived' Islamic State Serves America's Purpose TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The Islamic State moves us to the heart of the road map: Iraq divided into three - or four or even five parts, and Syria partitioned on the same basis. This horid, short-lived Islamic State, which has been allowed to set itself up and which has been financed from the start by the Gulf states - close friends of the Americans - is decidedly quite useful to their Mideat plans.” — COLUMNIST M. Saadoun ISLAMIC STATE: ACCORDING TO PLAN?

Jornal de Angola, Angola Global Crisis Overload Puts a Sudden End to 'Silly Season' for News TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "This summer, editors and journalists were in search of news, and had to be satisfied with issues that don't usually merit a footnote. It was 'silly season.' From one moment to the next, however, with our novel international order, everything changes. Now, the hardest thing is choosing among the various crises. — COLUMNIST Benjamin Formigo

BLIND LEAD THE DISENFRANCHISED

Web Video, Islamic State VIDEO: ISIL Terrorists Behead American Reporter James Foley AUGUST 19, 00:04:40 "Any attempt by you, Obama, to deny Muslims their safety of living under the caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people." — MURDERER of James Foley ISIL: MURDER FOR THE CAMERA

Jerusalem Post, Israel 'Interrogation Techniques' Under Fire in U.S., Israel "The aggressive fronts that the CIA and Shin Bet face about their interrogation tactics are the result of post-war backlashes. — COLUMNIST Yonah Jeremy Bob

TORTURE AND OTHER UNPLEASANTRIES

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Kurds, ISIL, and Iraq's Icosahedron Triangle TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Who wants the Kurds? Hardly anyone. Who picks on them? Almost everyone: Assad's Syria, Erdogan's Turkey, Khamenei's Islamic Republic, Maliki's Iraq, all for quite obvious reasons. In contrast, one can search in vain for Obama's justification.” — COLUMNIST Michel Touma THE KURDS: ON THEIR OWN SIDE

Jornal de Angola, Angola U.S.-Africa Summit No Cure for Western 'Superiority Complex' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Ties between Western states and Africa were marred by colonial domination & slavery, and continue to be marked by Eurocentrism. At the height of their superiority, Europe even gave itself the luxury of drawing up our continent's political map, dividing and exterminating entire peoples. ... An African political leader only exists to pay homage to the old colonial powers or kneel before the established order which is the cause of almost all global disorder. — COLUMNIST Jose Ribeiro

HAS OBAMA CHANGED ANYTHING?

Modern Ghana, Ghana Gaza: African Leaders Should Shun Obama, 'Accessory to Terror' "If I were an African head of state in Washington to discuss security issues with President Obama, I would tell him that I wouldn't accept help from him because he has made himself an accessory to terrorism, as inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel. ... In fact, the 'enemy' that Israelis are now 'fighting' in Gaza, Hamas, was initially created by Israel to act as a foil against genuine Palestinian freedom fighters. — COLUMNIST Cameron Duodu

GAZA: IS IT ALL AMERICA'S FAULT?

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Obama Coddles Assad to Please Iran, Thus Endangering Millions TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The White House flouted the outcome of the Iraqi legislative elections (a lesson in democracy!) and reached a deal with Iran to impose Teheran's henchman, Nouri al-Maliki. This, even though he had come in second in the poll. ... The impunity granted the Damascus tyrant by the American president, combined with the arrogance of Hezbullah and its participation in the massacre of Syria's Sunni population, has led to a classic and inevitable consequence: the spread of fundamentalist currents in Syria and Lebanon, ending with the growing risk of jihadism, even within American and European societies.” — COLUMNIST Michel Touma OBAMA: CURSED NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES

Modern Ghana, Ghana Ebola: Why do White Americans Survive, but but Not Black Africans? "What is it about Ebola that makes the White man resistant to it, and the African vulnerable? The real question is: Why were the African Ebola victims not given the drug, even if it's at the precautionary or the experimental stage? — COLUMNIST Michael J.K. Bokor, Ph.D.

SOMETHING ODD ABOUT EBOLA?

Daily Nation, Kenya Gay Rights Debate 'Muted' at the U.S.-Africa Summit "Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Steven Feldstein said that because of cultural sensibilities, 'it can be a difficult and delicate conversation. We are sensitive to that and at the same time espousing our viewpoints.'" —CORRESPONDENT Kevin Kelley NO TIME TO SPOIL THE MOOD?

Israel Hayom, Israel Israel Foreign Minister Suggests 'U.N. Mandate' for the Gaza Strip “I think there are a few possible answers, one of them being a U.N. mandate. We saw a U.N. mandate work in Kosovo, and therefore I think we need to work to bring back a United Nations mandate to the region.'” — Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman

OPENING FOR THE U.N. IN GAZA?

EURONEWS VIDEO: Avigdor
Lieberman Ends Partnership
with Prime Minister Netanyahu
JERUSALEM POST: Protocols
of the Elders of Hamas
ISRAEL HAYOM: Will
the U.S. Betray Us?
ISREAL HAYOM: Israel's
Winning Combination
JERUSALEM POST: 'Jewish
Americans and Hypocrisy
of the First Order

Agencies, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa VIDEOS: Ebola Scare Overshadowing U.S.- Africa Leader Summit NINE VIDEOS FROM AFRICA African news outlets fear after years of getting short shrift from Barack Obama's White House, the summit is being overshadowed by fears about Ebola spreading. — BAD TIMING FOR SUMMIT WELCOME TO WASHINGTON?

Daily Sabah, Turkey Unlawful Wiretapping: Turkey's Answer to the Scandal Over the NSA "It would appear that members of law enforcement have often utilized wiretapping techniques in order to build cases against specific, high-value individuals rather than just fighting crime." — COLUMNIST Dogan Eskinat

TURKISH SURVEILLANCE EXPOSED

Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, Palestinian Territories Gaza Polls: 'Oh, America, Empire of Contradictions' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The Palestinian elections took place according to America's expressed wishes, its open encouragement, and its strictest oversight, but as soon as the less than mysterious results became clear, we found that the world's shepherd of democracy had turned against our brand, and punishing all of our people for their democratic decision. ... Tell us, what are the democratic elements that the United States wants, so people can understand them ahead of time, and not pay the high price that the United States demands!” — COLUMNIST Yahya Ribah GAZA: THE PALESTINIAN PREDICAMENT

Jerusalem Post, Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israeli Press Targets Not Only Hamas, but Secretary John Kerry Today's post on what Israelis think of U.S. involvement in the Gaza crisis is no less alarming for U.S.-Israeli relations that yesterday's was. — ISRAELI MEDIA ROUNDUP

MIDEAST'S UNHAPPY CAMPERS

Jerusalem Post, Israel EDITORIAL on Kerry's Mediation: The U.S. 'Not a Fair Broker' "He's empowered Turkey and Qatar by giving them inordinate influence over the cease-fire talks. In the process, Kerry has aligned himself on the wrong side of the battle against Islamic extremism. ... It's not too late for the secretary to change course and resume the United States' role as a fair and honest broker." — EDITORIAL, Jerusalem Post KERRY: TRUSTED BY NO ONE

JERUSALEM POST: Remembering
an America Who Died for Israel
JERUSALEM POST: Obama
is Abandoning Israel
DEBKA FILE: Israel's Dilemma:
Obama's 'Save Hamas' Policy,
or Fight with Egypt and Saudis
YEIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama's Wars on Israel

Israel Hayom, Israel Hamas and the Sin of the Global Media “Either Intentionally or unknowingly, the global media has been cast in a leading role in Hamas' horror show. While the journalists assume that they are helping the Palestinians by showing suffering and distress, when they are really making them worse.” — COLUMNIST Michael Oren

IS GLOBAL MEDIA BIASED?

JERUSALEM POST: New List
of Israel's Friends and Foes

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria 'Unequivocal Respect' for Palestine Freedom Fighters TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Failing to effectively support them, the least we can do is express our unequivocal respect. ... The Palestinians people are alone as usual. ” — COLUMNIST K. Selim TERRORISTS OR FREEDOM FIGHTERS?

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria Arabs, Palestinians Suffer Fate of American Indians TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “As was the desire of the West, the Arab Spring has been for Arabs what the White man was to the American Indian: a cancer that has metastasized, infecting almost the entire Arab nation and compelling people to make war in their own backyard. To put it another way, walk over one's corpse with one's feet.” —COLUMNIST Moncef Wafi

THE AGONY OF THE ARAB WORLD

Jerusalem Post, Israel Kerry Back to Mideast: 'Sent But not Invited' "A diminished American role and interest in the region, Washington's badly damaged credibility and radical shifts in the region are converging to undercut Kerry's influence." — COLUMNIST Douglas Bloomfield CAN THE U.S. HELP AT ALL HERE?

JERUSALEM POST: Remembering
an America Who Died for Israel

Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia Afghan Election 'Disaster' Imperils U.S. Presence “Ghani and Abdullah are handing the Taliban on a platter both a political and a propaganda victory. It is a disaster. ... If there's no settlement soon, there will be no one to sign the agreement to extend the presence of American military forces by another year. Logistically, U.S. forces need to plan to stay put or quit by 2015, and now, as they say, there is a shrinking window of opportunity to stop the scheduled drawdown.” —EDITORIAL, Saudi Gazette

AFGHANISTAN: THE NEXT DOMINO?

Jerusalem Post, Israel In U.S., War on Hamas a Tale of Republican, Jewish Opportunism "On Capitol Hill there's the pro- Israel cheering section, looking to ensure the flow of Jewish campaign dollars for the next election and in the case of many Republicans, seeking creative ways to use the Hamas crisis as another partisan wedge." — COLUMNIST Douglas Bloomfield U.S. WAR FUNDRAISING IN FULL SWING

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: Israel's
'Moral Authority': Get Real, Heraldo!

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria ISIL Hoists Saudi Royals By Their Own Petards TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Blinded by their hatred of Iran, the Saudis funded and armed ISIL, and put pressure on Sunni rebels in Iraq to align with the terror group. By supporting ISIL against al-Qaeda and helping it take over groups affiliated with al-Qaeda in Syria and in Iraq, Saudi 'strategists' thought they had diverted a 'jihad' involving their country. Now they find that they've hatched a force with the ambition of rallying all Muslim lands under its banner, including Saudi Arabia itself.” —COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib

SAUDIS: A FATAL MISCALCULATION?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Obama's Ongoing Shameful Behavior Toward Israel "To even imply that there is moral equivalence and that Israelis bear some blame for the escalation of the current crisis by calling for 'restraint' from both sides is both disappointing and a breach of allied trust." — COLUMNIST Zalman Shoval IS U.S. SUPPORT TOO TEPID?

ISRAEL HAYON: Iron
Dome is Proving its Worth
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Kerry Urges Netanyahu and
Abbas to Exercise Restraint

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon The Mysteries of ISIL and 'America's Hand' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Political forces in Lebanon and elsewhere continue to question the reality of the threat that ISIL poses to the region. These forces are convinced that ISIL is a 'giant with feet of clay' that for the moment has a role to play, but which will leave the scene once its 'mission' is accomplished. To advocates of this thesis, the situation remains well under control, at least as far as the Americans are concerned. ” —COLUMNIST Scarlett Haddad

AMERICA'S HIDDEN HAND?

Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates 'True Spirit' of 1776 Applies to all Peoples "As America celebrates another July 4 with its usual aplomb and gaiety, it would also be timely for that nation to do some soul- searching on the role it plays internationally. Whatever the domestic politics taking center stage in the U.S. today, what its politicians must remember is that their decisions have far- reaching global consequences." — SOURCES, Debka File WHAT DOES U.S. OWE THE WORLD?

L'Expressions Algeria Modern Terrorism: An American 'Success' Story TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Since 2003, it has been quite understood that U.S. arguments legitimizing the war on terror were a deception. These were falsehoods that enabled the Americans to tell the world of a jihadist 'plague,' and say that they were the only ones who were in possession of a cure.” —COLUMNIST Karim Mohsen

TERROR TODAY: A U.S. CREATION?

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon An Existential Threat to Iraq - but not Only Iraq TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH "Which state in the Levant is not now facing a threat to its very existence as a result of the large number of adventurous gambles followed by setbacks amassed in recent years by the U.S. in this part of the world?" — COLUMNIST Issa Goraieb A NEW MIDDLE EAST MAP EMERGES

Sotal Iraq, Iraq ISIS: 'American-Zionist Tool' for Dissolving Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Strangely enough, America today is fighting ISIS, and has sent experts to Iraq for that very purpose. For whom? For the love of Iraqis? And for whose benefit does America support ISIS and provide it with weapons in Syria? ... Today it is essential for us to stand against, pay careful attention to, and analyze carefully, all U.S. and Israeli plans.” —COLUMNIST Ali Abed Al Ghazzi

IRAQ: SUSPICION ABOUT U.S. MOTIVES

Debka File, Israel U.S. 'Arms' Drones Over Iraq to 'Protect Embassy' "The targets were defined by Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, as striking at ISIS leaders and defending strategic facilities. He didn't elaborate. ... Debka File reports he was referring to the Haditha Dam across the Euphrates. ISIS has battered Haditha for days now. ... The dam is key to water supplies in most of country, including Baghdad. With its capture, al-Qaeda's affiliates will gain control of northern Iraq's oil refineries and pipeline system." — SOURCES, Debka File ISIS CLOSES IN ON DAMS, PIPELINES

Debka File, Israel Egypt Sending Troops to Saudi Arabia as ISIS Heads Toward Border "Egypt is sending a commando force to Saudi Arabia and boost its border defenses. This flurry of Saudi-Egyptian action comes in the wake of intelligence that ISIS fighters headed toward the Saudi border with the intention of seizing the Iraq-Saudi crossing." — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

Sotal Iraq, Iraq REPORT: ISIS Revives Saddam's Baath Party to Win Sunni Support TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “ISIS isn't the only player ... for the first time since 2003, numerous other factions and organizations are taking part and coordinating their actions to halt the political process brought on by the occupier.” —EDITORIAL, Sotal Iraq

WELCOME BACK BAATHISTS?

Khaleej Times, UAE Baghdad's Latest al-Qaeda 'Bombshell' "Baghdad's announcement it has unearthed an al-Qaeda plot to acquire Iraq's chemical arms is nothing short of a bombshell. Indeed, it ] opened a Pandor's box, and at a time when the nation is sliding toward anarchy." — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times IRAQ'S LINGERING WMDs ...

Global News Video VIDEOS: Iraq's Feuding Clerics and Reactions to Events in Iraq, ISIS SEVENTEEN NON-U.S. NEWS SEGMENTS This is our June 18 roundup of video content from non- U.S. sources to catch you up on the Iraq crisis, today from Al-Arabiya of the UAE, the BBC, Iraq's Anwar TV, Iran's Press TV, RT, Deutsche Welle, France 24, Euronews, and Web video allegedly from ISIS.' — IRAQ: SUNNI VS. SHIITE THE FIGHT OVER MUHAMMAD'S HEIR

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Iraq's American Embassy is 'Suspicious' and 'Dangerous'! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC "We must work on creating profiles for all of those who have been co-opted by the embassy to differentiate them from everyone else in Iraqi society, so we can ostracize them and socially exclude them. ... It's as if the U.S. Embassy is there not only to protect American interests, but to manage the entire world from the heart of the Iraq's capital of Baghdad." — Sheikh Qassim Al Ta'ee WHY SEND TROOPS TO GUARD IT? READ ON

Arabic Publications, Middle East Arabic Views on Ralph Peters and Redrawing the Borders of the Middle East SIX COLUMNS For years, columnists in the Middle East have been writing about how the West has detailed plans about 'redrawing the Middle East.' For many in the Muslim world, recent events, including the turmoil in Iraq and Syria, rather than showing that the West is losing control, show that things are going according to plan. Here are a few columns on the issue Worldmeets.US has translated and posted over recent years. It all began with a 2006 column written in the U.S. Armed Forced Journal by ex U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters entitled 'Blood Borders: How a Better Middle East Would Look.' — ARAB VIEWS ON A CHANGING MAP WESTERN MAPS: ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN?

Arabic TV, BBC, Iraq, U.K. VIDEOS: Hillary, Jihadis, ISIS in Iraq, for June 13 NINE NEWS SEGMENTS News segments with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, segments from Iraqi and Arabic television, and from Europe, on the burgeoning crisis in Iraq. — NEWS AND COMMENT ON IRAQ IRAQ WAR REDUX?: WHAT TO DO?

Debka File, Israel Al-Qaeda Forms Up to March on Baghdad; Maliki Cries Treason "Debka File's sources say that al Qaedas march of conquest at incredible speed, causing havoc and misery across Iraq, is mutating from a terrorist assault into an insurgency. It is attracting a following of disaffected Sunnis ready to fight Shiite-led Baghdad." — NEWS ITEM, Debka File ABU BAKR: THE NEW BIN LADEN?

Iraq TV, BBC, Guardian, Iraq, U.K. VIDEOS: Maliki: 'Conspiracy to Blame for Fall of Mosul; Updates on Mosul and Tikrit FIVE NEWS SEGMENTS Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have now taken the city of Tikrit. Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claims that there has been a conspiracy in Mosul under which the Iraqi army fled their posts; and updates from Mosul and Tikrit. — COVERAGE, Crisis in Iraq NOURI AL-MALIKI: 'CONSPIRACY'

AL Arabya, UAE With Mosul Lost, Maliki Offers Guns to Citizens Ready to Battle the ISIS "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered guns and equipment to citizens who volunteer to fight Islamist militants, hours after the government forces lost the northern city of Mosul to the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). ... In a statement broadcast on state TV, Maliki said the cabinet has 'created a special crisis cell to oush the process of volunteering equipping, and arming civilians." — NEWSITEM, Al-Arabya COLLAPSE OF THE IRAQI MILITARY

Debka File, Israel Al-Qaeda-ISIS Conquers Iraqi Mosul; Links With Syrian Front for Core Islamist State "Debka File's sources report that Iraq's army�s command facilities and bases in Mosul are ablaze and the bodies of Iraqi soldiers are lying in the town�s streets. Meanwhile, convoys of fleeing troops were ambushed by the terrorists and destroyed. The fall of Mosul with heavy casualties is the worst disaster suffered by the Iraqi army's feeble attempts to fend off the deep inroads al-Qaeda." — NEWS ITEM, Debka File A DISASTER IN IRAQ AS MOSUL FALLS

The Peninisula, Qatar Critics of Sargeant Bergdahl's Release Endanger More Lives "The message this controversy sends to families of those serving in conflict zones is extremely ominous: if one day their loved ones are captured while on duty, the government's chances of securing their release are slim, as no government, in the effort to rescue its own troops, wants to be seen as aiding the enemy." — EDITORIAL, The Peninisula KERRY DEFENDS PRISONER SWAP

All4Syria, Syria American Mujahedeen Now Threaten Syrian Revolution TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC "A year ago, the video of American Eric Harroun driving a jeep with a red Chechen-style hat, accompanied by bearded militants chanting threats to Bashar Al-Assad, was received with something approaching amusement. A year later, the video and similar material is now being used to turn the West against the Syrian revolution." — COLUMNIST Ahmed Maghrabi ARE U.S. FIGHTERS SOURING WASHINGTON?

The Gulf Times, UAE Mullah Omar Lauds U.S. Release of 'Important, Brave' Taliban Leaders "This success is an indication of the good news that the independence of our entire country is near, and gives us hope that Inshallah - the mujahedeen will bring the Afghan people's ship of high hopes nearer to the shore." — TALIBAN CHIEF Mullah Omar TALIBAN PRIDE AND PROPAGANDA

Al Iraq News, Iraq America's Disgraced Hawks Turn to Middle East Plan B TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC "The makers of American foreign policy, past and future, are still present in the center of decision making. They've decided to invest more in their failed experiments, modifying their tactics by setting out a new U.S. approach to the region, which has already been set in motion. In practical terms this will lead to greater U.S. dominance by plunging is into decade-long wars" — COLUMNIST Dr. Ahmad Al Nayef U.S. PLAN TO EXTEND GLOBAL COP ROLE

The Daily Independent, Nigeria Military Faults Amnesty International Claims it Knew of Girls' Abduction “It is idiotic and incomprehensible for anyone to say that the military had prior information before the abduction of the girls and failed to do anything. But I can assure you that the federal government will definitely get to the bottom of this, [and] it will be properly investigated. That's all I can say.” —ANONYMOUS Nigerian Official

FINGER POINTING OVER NIGERIAN GIRLS

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Peace Talks Train Wreck: PLO's Abbas Says Hamas Will Recognize Israel "A reconciliation agreement signed earlier in the week between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas aimed to form a unity government within a five week time-frame. It was a move unexpected by U.S. and Israeli peace negotiators who both condemned the agreement, as Hamas is considered a terror group." — NEWS ITEM, Yedioth Ahronot ISRAEL HAYOM: Israel on Ukraine: Not Neutral and Not Overeager' JERUSALEM POST: Toward a Moscow-Cairo-Jerusalem Axis? DEBKA FILE: Russian Army Ordered To Ukraine Border YEDIOTH AHRONOT: U.S. Won't Give Up Mideast Peace Process

Kitabat, Iraq Why Putin Earns His Keep, and Iraq Lawmakers Don't TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Putin's annual salary is just over $100,000, whereas our slothful Council speaker earns four times that amount. ... For reasons that remain a mystery, our lawmakers consider themselves better than Russian President Vladimir Putin.” —EDITORIAL, Kitabat

PUTIN'S REPUTATION BETTER BY THE DAY

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria Enduring American Empire: Not a Friend - or Adversary TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “One is never really a 'friend' of an empire, but making an enemy of it is of course not recommended. Such is the way of the prevailing order.” — COLUMNIST Salem Ferdi GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG WITH U.S.

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon The Price of the West's Broken Promises to Syria TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “It is inexplicable that a conflict of such magnitude as that in Syria be politicized to the point of ignoring the pent up hopes of an entire people. ... To the leaders of the free world, please don't mistake the people of our region for pawns on a chess board.” —COLUMNIST Joe Acoury

WHEN WILL SYRIA'S CARNAGE END?

Haaretz, Israel U.S. May Release Nuke Spy Jonathan Pollard for Israel Settlement Freeze “The U.S. could release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for Israeli concessions - a freeze on most settlement construction and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.” — REPORTERS Barak Ravid and Jack Khoury REAGAN-ERA NUKE SPY TO BE FREE?

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria Crimea: Latest Front for the Rambos of Paris TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The trio of French Rambos - Hollande, Fabius and Le Drian, are showing again that they're ready to talk with gunpowder. We imagine that upon hearing the news, Putin has lost sleep, the Russian army is in a panic, and terrified Russian people are crying for God's protection. The U.S. and Russia must have doubled over with laughter.” —COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib

PUNCHING ABOVE HIS WEIGHT?

Al Madina, Saudi Arabia Ukraine and Syria: May Allah Make Pain of Russia Severe! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “To what extent will economic sanctions weaken the Kremlin's criminal role in Syria? Oh Allah, make their punishment severe, and bestow comfort on the Syrians soon!!” — COLUMNIST Dr. Salem Ben Ahmad Sahaab IRAN-RUSSIA SANCTIONS SHIFT

Debka File, Israel After Harsh Anti-American Speech, Putin Signs Treaty on Crimea 'Reunification' “This was the most acrimonious speech from any Russian leader since the end of WWII. ... Putin delivered an unprecedented diatribe against the United States, accusing Washington of flouting the U.N. in pursuit of its own interests, breaking international law by bombing Afghanistan and Iraq, and fostering an 'Arab spring' that turned into an 'Arab winter.'” — DEBKA FILE Sources

PUTIN TAKES THE STAGE AT KREMLIN

DEBKA FILE: It's 'Mutiny'
in the CIA's Iran Desk
ISREAL HAYAM: Defense Minister
Yaalon Warns 'Israel Cannot
Depend on U.S. to At Against Iran'

Al-Mogaz, Egypt Film about Noah 'Not Forbidden' By Islamic Law TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is unreasonable to suggest that Allah fears the evil done to his Prophets from a mere movie. The claim of illegality and prohibition harms the image of Allah and trust in His Prophets.” — SHIEKH Dr. Mostafa Rashid MUSLIMS CAN SEE 'NOAH'

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Ukraine Demonstrates: American Security Guarantees 'Worthless' “The West's betrayal of Ukraine proves 'security arrangements' John Kerry is offering Israel are nothing more than piece of paper.” — COLUMNIST Guy Bechor

CAN ISRAEL COUNT ON U.S. PROMISES?

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Timing of
Iranian Ship Raid Too Perfect
JERUSALEM POST:
Terror's Puppet Master - Iran

Dar al-Hayat, Saudi Arabia Obama Must Decisively Reject 'Partnership' with Bashar al-Assad Regime TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The U.S. president is obliged to clarify what his position is on a partnership with Assad in the war against terrorism. ... It would be illogical for Obama to demand the ouster of Assad if it would agree to a strategy dependent on him.” — COLUMNIST Raghida Dergham THE SYRIA CRISIS: APOCALYPTIC

Debka File, Israel U.S., Israel, Jordan Work to Revive Syria Opposition “More likely than not, the new pro-American Syrian rebel force mustered under Israel's nose has Israeli military insurance against surprise attack to wipe it out.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

SYRIA REBELS' NEW COMMAND POST

Thawra Al-Wada, Syria For 'Arrogant' American, the Game in Syria is Over TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The game is over - the arrogant American has to understand it is over. Starting now, he will have to deal with the catastrophic errors he has committed and the reckless policies he has followed. Let him observe well and become aware of the undeniable facts around him.” — EDITORIAL, Thawra Al-Wada WHO ARE THE ENEMIES OF TERROR?

The Herald, Zimbabwe Ex-U.S. Congress Member Arrested for Visa Violation; Possessing Pornography “It is the way it is - I have been in this country 17 times during which I have done a lot of work for the people, including fighting against sanctions. I misplaced my passport - but I found it, which should suggest that I'm uncertain if I broke Zimbabwe mmigration law.” — FORMER CONGRESSMAN M elvin Reynolds

REYNOLDS: ON WRONG SIDE OF MUGABE?

The Independent, Uganda Obama Warns Museveni Over Uganda's Impending 'Scientific' Anti-Gay Law “The medical authorities - the Department of Genetics at the Makerere Medical School - say there remains no proof that people are genetically gay, I told the scientists to put it into writing, which they are now doing. I will then sign the bill. ... In the 1930s, Hitler made mistakes because he wanted to make Germany strong. So some of these issues are crucial and should be handled objectively rather than emotionally.” — Uganda President Yoweri Museveni UGANDA JOINS AFRICA'S INTOLERANT

Debka File, Israel 'Hold Back' from Reacting to Iranian Threats, Obama and Kerry ask Netanyahu “U.S. officials have appealed to Binyamin Netanyahu to ignore Iran's belligerent rhetoric and keep his ministers quiet, too, so as not to throw a spanner in the works of nuclear diplomacy.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

CAN NETANYAHU BE RESTRAINED?

DEBKA FILE: State Department Denies
Kerry Admitted U.S. Failure in Syria
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Take Kerry
at his Word on Global Boycotts

Dar al-Hayat, Egypt The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - and its Evil Sisters TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Isn't the eradication of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a win-win situation for all Syrians - regardless of who made the decision to act? ... The fear is that this will turn into a long filthy war, which creates the environment for extending the life of the illegitimate Assad regime. ... Given U.S. support for Iraq Prime Minister Maliki in his fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - backed with badly-needed arms, it's too early to feel good about eradicating the ISIS, especially if replaced by its evil sisters.” —COLUMNIST Baker Sidqi

TERROR-WAR IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

Times of Israel, Israel 'Mega' al-Qaeda Attack on Israel, U.S. Embassy, is said to Be Prevented “The trio were arrested three weeks ago, shortly before one or more were to travel to Syria for final planning of the attacks, which were reportedly initiated on the direct orders of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.” — REPORTER Mitch Ginsburg SHIN BET IN TERROR TAKE DOWN

Kitabat, Iraq The ISIS: An 'American- Zionist-Iranian Device' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Notice how the goal in both Iraq and Syria is the same: to stir sectarian war. And notice that backers of both wars are also the same: Iran and America.” — COLUMNIST Abd al-Jabbar al-Jbouri AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ: A U.S.-IRAN PLOT?

Jerusalem Post, Israel On its First Day, Netanyahu Pours Cold Water on Interim Nuclear Deal with Tehran “The agreement in Geneva did away with the 20% stop, but left the train on the track and enables Tehran to upgrade the locomotive with newer centrifuges, so that when the day comes it can leap in a very short time to the final stop on an express track.” — PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu INTERIM DEAL WITH IRAN TAKES EFFECT

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Only One in
Five Israelis Trust Obama on Iran
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Warns
Syria Peace Conference 'Fluid'
Over U.N. Invitation to Iran

Debka File, Israel Same Plane Delivers Both Iranian and Syrian Foreign Ministers to Vladimir Putin “According to the arrangements, Iranian officials first hammer out an accord with local rulers, such as Assad, Nasrallah and Maliki in Baghdad. They then present it to the Putin for endorsement, after which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov refers the document to President Obama Secretary Kerry.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

CHANGES IN MIDEAST DIPLOMACY

DEBKA FILE: Israel Defense Minister
Apologizes for Offending Secretary
of State Kerry, but Does Not Recant

Kayhan, Iran President Hassan Rouhani: 'Nuclear Deal Means the West's 'Effective Surrender' “Our relationship with the world is based on Iran's national interests. In Geneva, the powers agreed to surrender to the Iranian nation's will. ... The Geneva agreement means acceptance of the Iranian nation's nuclear rights and the defeat of its cruel sanctions.” — NEWS ITEM, Kayhan ROUHANI: POSTURING TO SURVIVE?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Sharon's Final Road: To an Israeli West Bank “Sharon owed his rise to power to the abject failure of the policy agreed to at Camp David to seek a negotiated settlement ... As U.S. Secretary of State Kerry's flailing attempt to resuscitate the process shows, 14 years later, the PLO hasn't changed.” — COLUMNIST Caroline Glick DEVOTED FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT VIDEO:
Vice President Biden Eulogizes Ariel Sharon

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon 2013: Year of Western Infamy and Ascendent Jihad in Syria TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “With the decline in values of human rights and justice, to denounce as a scandal the denial into which Europe and America have sunk is like issuing the blow of a sword to tainted water: the die is cast and a game of chicken has ensued amid a macabre scene strewn with corpses. ... the Syrian people find themselves completely abandoned by all, hands and feet tied, delivered to their tormentors.” — COLUMNIST Nagib Aoun SYRIA: ITS PEOPLE LEFT TO THEIR FATE

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Islam's Clerical Cop Out: Blaming the Freemasons TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Conspiracy theories have served as the rack on which to hang all of our failures and loss, for example, they way we attribute every deficiency to colonialism and Israel, including the lack of proper sewage!” — COLUMNIST Talal Owkal FREEMASONS, ZIONISTS OR MUSLIMS?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Why has Netanyahu Been Silent Over NSA Spying on Israel? “After revelations of NSA spying on Israeli prime ministers, why aren't Prime Minister Netanyahu and his predecessors Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak calling for heads to roll and a complete overhaul in U.S.-Israel ties?” — COLUMNIST Yonah Jeremy Bob ISRAEL: THE SNOWDEN TREATMENT

DEBKA FILE: U.S. Spies Rent
Hotel Suite to Moniter Secret
Israeli Site; and Not Just NSA
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Big Brother Obama
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: No
Secrets On Our Phones
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Secret Peace Talk Contents
Revealed By Palestinians
JERUSALEM POST: U.S. Spying
Gives Boost to Free Pollard Effort
JERUSALEM POST: Why
Obama Won't Pardon Pollard
JERUSALEM POST: Pollard's
Continued Imprisonment
Shows 'Anti-Jewish Bias'

Times of Israel, Israel Netanyahu Uses 'Codes, Gestures' to Outwit Spies “Netanyahu's aides say that he sometimes 'speaks in 'code' and that even when it's not clear what he means by the 'code' name for this or that official, they can't ask him because he won't tell them.” — NEWS ITEM, Times of Israel PLAYING IT SAFE WITH SECRETS

Turkish Weekly, Turkey America Presses Turkey Over Chinese Missile Bid “This Chinese company is under American sanctions. And these sanctions really hurt. Any deal with the Chinese company will be toxic. Touching it would be like touching poison fish. That would make it very difficult to Turkish firms to do the business they've been doing in the U.S.” — U.S. Message to Turkey

Debka File, Israel U.S. and E.U. in Desperate Bid to Save Sinking Nuclear Agreement with Iranians “Americans officials are coming to realize that without unacceptable concessions on both sides, there is no way that the ambitious U.S. diplomatic venture will succeed.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

JERUSALEM POST: Will Tehran
Step Up its Covert War?
JERUSALEM POST: Kerry Forces
Israel's Moment of Decision
JERUSALEM POST: Pollard and an
American Jewish Renaissance
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'Arm Thyself!'

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Warns of Western Cultural Invasion “This issue (the cultural invasion) must be dealt with creatively, and in this effort, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance shoulder very heavy responsibility.” — SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Khamenei CULTURE POLICE SNAP INTO ACTION

Jerusalem Post, Israel No Holds Barred: Does Barack Obama Hate Evil? “In the cool detachment of the president�s pragmatism toward Iran, you may think he was talking of a trade deal with Switzerland. You would not know that he was speaking about a regime that machine-gunned its own citizens in the streets when they opposed the stolen 2009 election; stones women to death; and hangs homosexuals in public from atops cranes. ” — COLUMNIST Shmuley Boteach

JERUSALEM POST: Obama's
Munich Reverberates, but
Israel is no Czechoslovakia
JERUSALEM POST: Why
Obama Won't Pardon Pollard
JERUSALEM POST:
Misrepresenting Mandela

Sunday Independent, South Africa Mandela: A Legacy that Transcends the Centuries “He stands out as having been the last to bury the corpse of European colonial domination in Africa; the first to tower the world during tha geopolitical realignments that characterised the end of the Cold War; the symbol of an emergent democratic and inclusive statehood in an era of rising social movements; a global icon in an era of globalization.” — COLUMNIST Joel Netshitenzhe A LEGACY FOR THE WORLD TO CHERISH

Okaz, Saudi Arabia Netanyahu's Losing Hand TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Israel's massive arsenal has failed to stall a nuclear deal between Washington and Iran. In practical terms, Mr. Netanyahu has failed to pursue a policy of opposition to Washington without provoking it, unlike his predecessor Shamir.” — COLUMNIST Hafez al-Barghouti ALL SMILES ... DAGGERS DRAWN

Debka File, Israel Kerry Plan Integrates U.S. Troops, Palestinians into Regional Force “Secretary John Kerry proposed integrating Israeli and Palestinian special forces into the regional counter-terror force, alongside American, British, French, Saudi, Jordanian, Egypt and Qatar units.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

Kayhan, Iran Revolutionary Guards Warn West May 'Renege' on Nuclear Agreement “Iran's officials should strongly consider declaring the deal null and void if they see any violation, lack of commitment, trampling on the inalienable nuclear rights of our country, or abuse of the agreement due to personal interpretations by [people in] the West and the United States.” — Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Major General Ali Jafari SO SHALL WE JUST CALL IT ALL OFF?

Debka File, Israel An Israeli Sizing Up of Pakistan's New Army Chief on Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan “General Sharif would like to clear Taliban out of the northern and west border districts, where al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri has set up his central command and complete the transfer to Saudi Arabia of the nuclear arms plus ballistic missiles.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

JOB ONE: NUKES TO SAUDIS

JERUSALEM POST: Israelis Want
Less Dependency on U.S.: Poll
JERUSALEM POST: FM Liberman:
'Israel Needs Allies Other than U.S.'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Weakened
U.S. status Obligates Israel to
to Move Toward Peace

Al Madina, Saudi Arabia Unintended Consequences of a Nuclear-Defanged Iran TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “These acts have infected the U.S. with schizophrenia, since as it spies on the entire world including its closest allies, it also distributes certificates of freedom and pays lip service to principles of democracy and human rights to poor nations.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Mostapha Al Ghurr HAS NSA SHOT U.S. IN THE FOOT?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Deal with Iran: Same World, Opposite Risk Assessments “Judging from their reactions to the deal that world powers signed with Iran in Geneva early Sunday morning, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama live in completely far worlds.” — COLUMNIST Herm Keinon

HISTORY IS MADE - BUT IS THIS GOOD?

JERUSALEM POST: Iran Deal
is Riskier than Meets the Eye
JERUSALEM POST: French Foreign
Minister Doubts Israel Will Strike
JERUSALEM POST: Iran Deal
is Riskier than Meets the Eye
JERUSALEM POST: Israel
to Send Team to U.S. to
Work on Final Nuclear Deal
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: John
Kerry: Persona Non Grata
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Pros
and Cons of Geneva Feal
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
'Total, Unmitigated Defeat'

Debka File, Israel Seven Pro-Iran Nuclear Loopholes in Iran Deal “Lavrov summed up the four- day conference by saying: 'Considering the whole body of circumstance, there are no losers [in the Geneva deal], all sides are winners' - a view seriously challenged by Israel, Saudi Arabia and most other Middle East governments.” — REPORTER Yifa Yaakov

Kayhan, Iran Khamenei: 'Disgraced' French Curry Favor with 'Unclean' Zionist Regime “At a certain point, the French nation, because of its president standing up to Britain and the United States [before the Iraq War], found political credibility, but now French politicians not only bow before America, but before the unclean, ominous Zionist regime. They belittle themselves, and are a disgrace to the Republic of France.” — SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei TOUGH TALK: BARGAINING OR RED LINE?

Debka File, Israel Israel Shows White House: U.S. Strategy Shortens Iran's Route to Nuclear Weapon “Israel has sent the White House in Washington a confidential document outlining blow by blow how and when Iran will attain a nuclear weapon if the Obama-Kerry strategy for dealing with the issue is followed.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

AS TEHRAN'S CENTRIFUGES TURN

JERUSALEM POST: Netanyahu
Urges France Not to Weaken
on Iranian Nuclear Talks
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Can
Israel Survive Obama?

Okaz, Saudi Arabia NSA Crisis Exposes American Dream as Counterfeit One TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We all witnessed this 'great power' at the brink of bankruptcy, as the federal government shut down. ... to the great frustration of many who once saw in this 'paper tiger' an ethical ideal that transcends religion and morality, the utopian model collapsed. And now with Snowden's help, America's spying ethic is exposed.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Mostapha Al Ghurr

Jerusalem Post, Israel In His Harshest Words to Date, Netanyahu Slams Proposed Deal with Iran “Prime minister tells John Kerry Israel is not obliged to Western deal with Tehran; according to proposed short-term deal, Iran would freeze its nuclear activities for six months, allowing more time to reach a permanent deal.” — COLUMNIST Hern Keinon

ISRAEL: 'ALL OPTION ON THE TABLE'

DEBKA FILE: Israel-U.S.
Rift Emerges Over U.S. Plan
to Allow Tehran to Enrich
Uranium with Sanctions Relief
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Obama's Record Indicates
He Won't Stop Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Kerry
says U.S. Considers Israeli
Settlements 'Illegitimate'

Al Madina, Saudi Arabia Spying Ruins 'Sanctity' of 'Holy' War on Terror TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “These acts have infected the U.S. with schizophrenia, since as it spies on the entire world including its closest allies, it also distributes certificates of freedom and pays lip service to principles of democracy and human rights to poor nations.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Mostapha Al Ghurr HAS NSA SHOT U.S. IN THE FOOT?

Times of Israel, Israel Israel 'Furious' with White House Over Leak on Syria Strike “Jerusalem considers the Obama Administration's confirmation of Israeli air attack on missile stores to be 'scandalous'; TV analyst warns that America risks starting 'major flare-up.'” — REPORTER Yifa Yaakov

AMERICA: ISRAEL'S LEAKY ALLY

Dar Al-Hayat, Saudi Arabia NSA, Drones Strikes, and Obama's 'Ethical Collapse' “What would make the president of France praise fugitive Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the US.? The U.S. surveillance scandal has arisen in such a way as to show the extent of the administration's deception, or, at best, the extent to which America has departed from the principles set down by Mr. Obama for his government. ” — COLUMNIST Abdullah Iskandar HYPOCRISY AND MORAL DILEMMA

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Netanyahu
Makes Case for Preemptive Strike

Jerusalem Post, Israel Saudis are Standing Up for U.S. Allies in Mideast “The Saudis are testing Obama, as they have seen how he tends to waver under pressure as he tries to keep both sides happy. ... And quietly, America's traditional allies in the region - like Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Gulf states - are rooting for the Saudi Arabians.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

BANDAR BIN SULTAN UNLEASHED

JERUSALEM POST: Turkey Joins
Saudis in Showing Displeasure
Over U.S. Policy on Syria
JERUSALEM POST: Norway
Rejects U.S. Request to
Destroy Syria Chem Arms
ISRAEL HAYOM: The America-
Related Saudi Predicament
JERUSALEM POST: Talks
Between Iran, West may take
'Several Months' for Results
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Iran Now has no One to Fear
JERUSALEM POST: Sheldon
Adelson�s 'Atomic Bomb
in Iranian Desert' Comment

Debka File, Israel The Big Fraud: Iran Gift to Russia Concealed Handoff of U.S. Drone Technology “The handover was just a red herring to conceal a more secret handover not long before. A far more valuable gift was quietly handed to the Russian general. It was of a replica complete with secret technology of a prize long coveted by Moscow: America's most secret drone, the RQ-170.” — DEBKA FILE Sources CRACKING AMERICA'S DRONES

Al Arabiya, UAE Internet Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Defends Snowden, Whistleblowers “At the end of the day, we have to rely on the whistleblower. ... You need protection, even if as a whistleblower you violated laws.” — Sir Tim Berners-Lee WHO WILL WATCH THE WATCHERS?

Al Ayyam, Palestinian Territories Feuding Arabs Help U.S. 'Remap' the Middle East TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “All Arabs - those who seek change and those who oppose it, rivals of the new regimes and the old, need to open their eyes wide and see what's going on around them.” — COLUMNIST Talal Owkal ALL GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN?

Times of Israel, Israel Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Makes 'Rare' Positive Comment to Israeli Journalist “Israel would be able to live in peace with any deal reached by Iran and world powers, and the agreement would 'open new horizons' with all nations, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi Israel Radio reporter Gideon Kutz. ” — COLUMNIST Ilan Ben Zion EXPANDING CHARM OFFENSIVE

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Netanyahu
Makes Case for Preemptive Strike

El Khabar, Algeria Al-Liby was Thought to Be a CIA 'Double Agent' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Most intelligence services operating in the region had believed al-Liby to be a double agent - which went a long way to explaining why the Americans had failed to target him for two years.” — CORRESPONDENT Mohammad ben Ahmad AL-LIBY: WORKING WITH CIA?

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran Takes '35-Year Leap' By Back-Engineering U.S. Drone “Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander, Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said the RQ-170 engines are fifth generation, whereas the engines of Iran's previous unmanned aircraft are third generation, producing those took Iran 35 years.” — NEWS ITEM, FARS News Agency A GIANT LEAP FOR IRANIAN KIND?

Debka File, Israel Obama 'Forewarns' Netanyahu: Iran Sanctions to Be Partially Lifted “Debka File reports exclusively from Washington and Jerusalem sources that the reduction will apply to 'non-significant' yet 'substantial' sanctions. ... Israel is the only ally to receive prior warning of this decision - and the only one to be briefed in detail of the understandings reached with Tehran, including Iran's concessions on its nuclear plans.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

Al Watan, Oman Leaders of Iran and Syria Take the West to School TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is no understatement to say that Iranian and Syrian schools of politics are giving free political science lessons on the significance of patience and forbearance. ... Showing remarkable wisdom, shrewdness, and a capacity to steer clear of enemy traps, they gave Russian diplomacy sufficient gumption to stand its ground.” — COLUMNIST Khamis ben Habib al-Tobi WEST OUTSMARTED BY ASSAD?

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon U.S. Isolationism: A Grave for Europe in Damascus? TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “President Obama's attitude is a seismic shock to the world, the effects of which will continue to be felt for decades to come. The new American isolationism, which has its rationale, exposes the utter nakedness of Europe.” — COLUMNIST Antoine Courban OBAMA: THE RELUCTANT CAESAR

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel 'Obama is No Sucker' “Iran, which is collapsing under the burden of the sanctions, has an interest in reaching an agreement with the West. ... No one in Washington plans to ease sanctions before Iran delivers the goods. The U.S. may now be conciliatory, but it is not a sucker.” — COLUMNIST Orly Azoulay TIME FOR CHANGE IN TACK?

DEBKA FILE: No Showdown, but
Obama, Netanyahu Bridge No Gaps
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel 'Not
Giving Diplomacy a Chance'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Only One Exposing Truth
ISRAEL HAYOM: Iran Flirts,
Israeli has Obligations
ISRAEL HAYOM: Resist
the Misleading Iranian Model
ISRAEL HAYOM: A
Compromise Among Friends

FARS News Agency, Iran CNN Misinforms the Public; President Rouhani Never Recognized the Holocaust “Now that CNN knows of the error of the translation, it must inform the public of the error and air the interview again, but this time with a deserving translation.' ... This, plus a professional apology, is the least the American network can do to make up for its gross mistake.” — FARS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm IRAN'S STATE-RUN PRESS CRIES FOUL

Debka File, Israel U.S. 'Appeasement' of Iran Sinks Israeli Military Option “Thursday, Sept. 26, will go down in Israel's history as the day it lost its freedom to use force against Iran's nuclear threat or the Syrian chemical threat � at least, so long as Barack Obama is U.S. president.” — EDITORIAL, Debka File HAS THE U.S. BETRAYED ISRAEL?

FARS News Agency, Iran Supreme Leader's Aide: Iran 'Cannot Forget U.S. Animosity' “'The Americans have sensibly chosen a type of flexibility and withdrawal in regard to Iran ... they have reached the conclusion due to the fact that they cannot challenge Iranian power.'” — Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, Senior Military Aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei COLD WATER ON RAPPROCHEMENT?

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel Must Convince the World that Rouhani is a 'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' “Even if there is some chance that Tehran is giving up on its nuclear adventure, we have to assume that it is not. A carnivorous tiger has to keep a vegetarian lifestyle for at least five years before it achieves the status of a sheep.” — COLUMNIST Hagai Segal

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Nukes and
Palestine - Obama's Worktable
JERUSALEM POST: Obama's
Startling Linkage of Iran and
Israeli-Palestinian Peace
JERUSALEM POST: Netanyahu
Has His Work Cut Out for Him
DEBKA FILE: Obama Starts
Diplomacy with Iran After Quietly
Accepting its Nuke Program
ISRAEL HAYOM: Rouhani's Farce
ISRAEL HAYOM: Obama Waves White Flag

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Iran President Rouhani at the 68th Opening of United Nations General Assembly Sept .24, 00:28:00 "The current critical period of transition in international relations is replete with dangers, albeit with unique opportunities. Any miscalculation of one's position, and of course, of others, will bear historic damages; a mistake by one actor will have harmful impact on all others. Vulnerability is a global and indivisible phenomenon.” — Iran President Hassan Rouhani HASSAN ROUHANI SPEAKS TO THE WORLD

Debka File, Israel America, E.U. Rush Headlong Into Accepting a Nuclear Iran “President Rouhani and members of his regime have suddenly been given free license to fill op-ed pages in important Western media with smooth propaganda for Western audiences. ... Under their slick new fa�ade, the ayatollahs have not changed their spots. Washington has.” — EDITORIAL, Debka File

DEBKA FILE: Kerry-Lavrov Deal on
Syria Chemical Arms 'Slips Away'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: America is
Leaving - We'll End Up All Alone
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Diplomatic
Solution is the Only Solution
ISRAEL HAYOM: The Stage is
Set; Let the Propaganda Begin

Tishreen, Syria Misunderstanding between East and West Begins in Syria TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The two exchange prophecies and counter-prophecies: of a West about which we in the East know little - other than the picture of its political claws ripping into the flesh of our occupied lands; and an Islam about which the West knows little - other than its simplistic image of so-called 'political Islam,' which is a phrase invented by the U.S. administration itself as a pretext for its new war against the entire Muslim world.” — CLERIC Hussein Ahmed Shahada THE HEART OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING?

Thawra Al-Wada, Syria Russia's Plan Isn't Perfect: It Offers Lifeline to Obama TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Perhaps the Russian initiative has contained the momentum of the planned aggression against Syria and defused a war in the region. On the other hand, it has thrown a lifeline to U.S. President Barack Obama, who got himself entangled in threats and intimidation, then wandered in search of a face-saving way out.” — COLUMNIST Nasser Munzir STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED ...

Debka File, Israel Obama-Putin Deal on Syria Also Eases Iran Sanctions “For President Obama, the two issues - the disposal of Syria�s chemical weapons and resolution of the nuclear controversy with Iran - were closely interwoven in his quiet exchanges with Putin, which emphasized diplomacy.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

Worldmeets.US, Global Archive September 11, 2001: A Worldmeets.US Look Back at Global Reaction As a way of recalling the mind- boggling changes that have occurred since September 11, 2001, we have compiled this archive of stories about the attacks from around the world that the Worldmeets.US team has posted since the fateful day. — MANAGING EDITOR William Kern A DAY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Debka File, Israel Obama Again Puts Strike and Congress Vote on Hold to Try Russian Proposal “Syria Foreign Minister Moallem was informed that the Kremlin expected a positive and speedy answer from President Assad. Within the hour, he came back with a welcome for the Russian 'proposal' to place Syria's chemical weapons under global control. But he said nothing about letting the arsenal be moved out of the country and destroyed, as both Lavrov and Kerry have specified.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

OBAMA: HELPED OR HURT BY PUTIN?

JERUSALEM POST: Obama's
Latest Middle East Disaster and
the Republicans to the Rescue
ISRAEL HAYOM: Middle East Tense as
Moment of Truth on Syria Draws Near
ISRAEL HAYOM: Syria
Strike Will be no Tea Party
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Air Force
Plans to Target Syria's Air Force,
Missiles and Air Defenses

Kayhan, Iran Guard Commander Warns U.S. on Syria: 'You are Making Another Mistake' “If the Americans hadn't made so many mistakes before, we wouldn't be making such strong remarks. However, because their behavior and actions in the region have been so replete with error, we are warning them not to make yet another.” — Brigadier General Hossein Salami of the Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force IRANIAN WORDS OF REASON?

Debka File, Israel Putin 'Choreographs' Obama's G20 Isolation “But even if Putin manages to isolate Obama diplomatically by carrying a majority motion against U.S. a military strike, he will still have to face up to the failure of his policy to prevent the United States from carrying out its second military offensive against an Arab nation in two years - following Libya.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

OBAMA: INTO THE LION'S DEN?

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Europe's Syrian Disgrace

Akselar, Syria Al Faisal Implores Arab League to Back Force: Syria is Already Occupied' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is no longer acceptable to say that any global intervention is an interference in Syrian domestic affairs, because it is the regime in Damascus that has thrown its doors wide open to the forces of Iran's Republican Guard and Hezbullah to such an extent, that Syria can only be described as country under occupation.” — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal SAUDIS PUTTING ON THE HEAT

Israel National News, Israel Israeli Politicians Slam U.S. on Hesitation ... Hypocrisy "Tehran is opening the champagne and switching into higher gear en route to nuclear weapons. Anyone who thinks Mr. Obama will attack Iran, based on evidence that Tehran crossed the red line toward nuclear weapons, is probably hallucinating." — HOUSING MINISTER Uri Ariel ISRAELI POLTICIANS VENT ON SYRIA

JERUSALEM POST: Netanyahu
'Implores' Ministers Not to Talk
of Obama's Decision on Syria

Jerusalem Post, Israel Iraq Scares Britain Out of Middle East �The 'dodgy dossier' of intelligence that Tony Blair presented to the Parliament in 2003, which proved wholly misinformed, led the U.K. to take part in the Iraq invasion. ... Many of those who voted in favor of that 2003 motion� which preceded the bombing of Baghdad by hours� voted no on action in Syria on Thursday.� � CORRESPONDENT By Micheal Wilner

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama's
Dilemma and Understandable
Caution When it Comes to Syria
THE DAILY STAR: America's Stigma
DEBKA FILE: Mideast on High Alert,
as Obama's Last-Ditch Bid for
Syria Deal with Tehran Fails
JERUSALEM POST: Moral Outrage
Over Syria - and What Comes Next
ISRAEL HAYOM: For Israelis,
Gas Masks are Not the Issue
DEBKA FILE: Expecting Obama
to Tie Israeli Hands, Assad May
Hit Israel for U.S. Strike
DEBKA FILE: Israeli Reserves
Called; U.S. Beefs Up Qatar Base;
Syria Moves Units to Shelter

Al Wafd, Egypt Why Does Muhamad ElBaradei 'Traitorously' Pander to U.S.?! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Instead of resigning, it would have been better for ElBaradei to have informed his friends in America and the West on the idiotic actions carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood. Now calls to hold ElBaradei accountable for his stance are pouring in. He attacks the Brotherhood and accuses it of bloodshed, yet rejects the way in which the armed sit-ins were resolved ... isn't that profoundly paradoxical?” — COLUMNIST Wagdy Zein Eldeen ELBARADEI: WHY DID HE DECIDE TO RESIGN?

Debka File, Israel Western-Middleast Military Action Prepared for Syria; Russia on Military Alert �Western and Middle East powers led by Washington began moving Saturday into Sunday toward a first strike against Syria. Moscow has placed its Mediterranean and Black Sea fleets amd rapid deployment forces in south and central Russia.� � DEBKA FILE Editorial

ISRAEL HAYOM: Thirty Seconds
Over Damascus is All U.S. Needs
INDEPENDENT: America
is 'Arrogant and Unreliable'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Al-Qaeda
Plan to 'Change the Face of
History' Led to U.S. Scare
INDEPENDENT: Like Tehran,
Assad Crosses 'Red Lines' Under
Cover of West's Doubletalk

Al Madina, Saudi Arabia America's 'Creative Chaos' in Egypt Must Be Blocked TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “America threw all of its weight behind the Muslim Brotherhood. Washington ignored the Muslim Brotherhood's actions and has exaggerated measures that have been taken to oppose it.” — COLUMNIST Adnan Kamel Salah HOSNI MUBARAK: HE'S BAAACK!

Debka File, Israel Brotherhood's Top Leader Badie Detained; Islamist Resistance to Army 'Folds' “Most Brotherhood leaders are now in custody or have fled the country, some of them to Gaza. The detention of Badie marks the collapse of his movement's resistance to Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's takeover.” — DEBKA FILE Sources FALL FROM HIEGHTS OF POWER

ISRAEL HAYAT: Terrorists 'Aim
to Hit Israeli, Jewish Targets
Worldwide' in Coming Weeks

Kayhan, Iran Can President Rohani Break 'Zionist Grip' Over Capitol Hill? “The emergence of President Rohani, particularly at a time when President Obama no longer needs to worry about re-election, makes possible what has been unimaginable.” — EDITORIAL, Kayhan IS THIS A NEW DAY FOR IRAN?

Debka File, Israel U.S. Terror Alert Prompted by Possible 'Suicide Bombers Implanted with Explosives' “Debka File's counterterror sources add that plastic explosives in the body of a would-be suicide bomber without metal components are undetectable by standard screening devices like those used at most international airports.” — DEBKA FILE Sources GAME-CHANGING BODY-BOMBERS?

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: U.S. Overreaction
is Psychological Victory for al-Qaeda

Kayhan, Iran Leaders Hope Rohani Inaugural Brings Shift in Treatment of Iran “We have always believed, and continue to believe, in interacting with the world. The most important point, however, is to understand the other side and grasp its goals and tactics, because if we don't it will trip us up.” — SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei GOODBYE AHMADINEJAD ...

Debka File, Israel Kerry in 'Secret' Final- Status Talks with Netanyahu and Abbas “Secretary of State drives Palestinian and Israeli leaders to get down to brass tacks on borders, security, Jerusalem and the Jordan River Valley.” — DEBKA FILE Sources DO NEW TALKS HAVE A CHANCE?

DEBKA FILE: Kerry Builds
U.S.-Arab Superstructure to
Direct Israel-Palestinian Talks
JERUSALEM POST: Kerry
says Talks Aim for Final-
Status Deal in 9 Months
JERUSALEM POST: Resolution
in U.S. Senate Backs Kerry's
Middle East Peace Push
JERUSALEM POST: U.S. Officials
Say Palestinian Referral of Israel
to ICC Unlikely While Talks Last

Israel, UAE, U.K., Qatar, Iran Helen Thomas - Views and Video from Abroad “Thomas was a fearless speaker of truth to power, taking on the Washington establishment on issues such as the invasion of Iraq, official secrecy and Israel. She may have on occasion been on the wrong side of her peers, but Helen Thomas was certainly on the right side of history.” — EDITORIAL, The National SHE ALTERED LANDSCAPE FOREVER

Al Arabiya, U.A.E. America's 'Conspiracy' Against People of Egypt “What really surprised me was American insistence on defying the popular will even by taking a path that opposes what the Americans consider the only way to achieve real democracy.” — Former Mubarak Minister Abdel Latif el-Menawy AMERICA DEMONIZED IN EGYPT

AL-ARABIYA: Truths and Lies
about America's Role in Egypt

Debka File, Israel U.S. Deploys Marines to Halt Israel-Egypt Action “Israel is accused of independent military action against Syria, and the Egyptian army of persecuting the Muslim Brotherhood after toppling former President Morsi.” — DEBKA FILE Sources MARINES, NAVY EYE EGYPT, ISRAEL

Sud Quotidien, Senegal Applause for Sall After 'Heroic' Anti-Gay Face-Off with Obama TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “We salute the brave position of President Sall against the powerful Obama. ... We encourage all the Senegalese to rally around Sall so he doesn't feel alone facing the recurring multifaceted maneuvers of the gay amd lesbian lobbies.” — Statement By Jamra, Senegalese NGO that opposes homosexual rights PRAISE FOR REJECTING GAY RIGHTS

The Daily News, Tanzania Mama Sarah Explains Why Obama 'Snubbed' Kenya “People of America accepted my son thanks to his generosity. He loves people and will not involved himself with those whose integrity he questions. In that, he is so much like his father, a typical Luo man who was tall and stood upright.” — Mama Sarah, Obama's Paternal Grandmother THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN KENYA

The Independent, South Africa Obama's Six Deadly Sins “A controversy has erupted at the University of Johannesburg over the decision to award Obama an honorary doctorate. ... It is important, under these circumstances, to offer a solid case for the prosecution, acting as a Counsel for Damnation in 'trying' the first Black president of the U.S. for six 'crimes' of omission and commission.” — Adekeye Adebajo, Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution OBAMA COMES UNDER ATTACK

Sunday Post, Zambia George W. Bush Arrives in Zambia “This is a big thing for us in terms of tourism development. It (his visit) will assist us in marketing Livingstone as a tourism destination. President Bush and his wife visit will help us market our tourism potential to Americans.” — EDITORIAL, Business Day BUSH IS BACK IN AFRICA

BUSINESS DAY: Muslim
Lawyers Fail in Bid to have
Obama Arrested Upon Arrival
BUSINESS DAY: What Should
Zuma Tell President Obama?
TIMES LIVE: 'Obama
Disappointed Millions' says
Communist League Chief
TIMES LIVE: Hundreds Protest
Obama: 'World's Top Assassin'

Sud Quotidien, Senegal Obama in Senegal: A 'Triumph of Gestures' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The gestures and actions of the Senegal administration are visibly reassuring to its American counterpart, that advocates 'strong institutions' rather than strong men.” — COLUMNIST Malick Ndaw A MEETING LONG IN COMING

Business Day, South Africa America Remains a Good Friend to Have “It is said that in politics the only thing worse than getting negative attention is being ignored. Barack Obama should take some consolation in this when he sees the thousands of protesters that protest his visit.” — EDITORIAL, Business Day FREE SPEECH IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Citizen, Tanzania Why the Visit by 'Big Brother Obama' Should Concern Tanzanians “Kenyans need not envy our three countries. In fact, they should pray for Tanzania and the others that have been so 'blessed' as to have Big Brother call on them. ... Tanzanians should be worried - very worried. There is a very high probability that their wealth is about to be up for grabs.” — COLUMNIST Peter Nyanje ALL ABOUT MINERAL WEALTH?

The Citizen, Tanzania In Snubbing Kenya, Obama Acts Like Typical 'Luo' Man “In Africa, a son inherits his father's ethnicity and all things related to it, which means President Obama is a Luo, and at least unofficially, a Kenyan citizen. He is neither an African-American, nor U.S. citizen. ... Has he snubbed his ancestral home? Not at all! He is simply acting like any other American head of state!” — COLUMNIST Mobhare Matinyi OBAMA'S VISIT ROILS AFRICANS

Debka File, Israel Russian Marines, Air Power Head to Syria “Putin is giving the West due warning that if they persist in arming the rebels further, a Russian troop landing in Syria will occur in the guise of an action to evacuate Russian nationals there.” — DEBKA FILE Sources ANOTHER SYRIA FACE-OFF?

Business Day, South Africa Americans Too Willing to Surrender Freedoms “Freedom is in decline. Whether the programme is called social security or Obamacare or PRISM, the professed purpose is always the same: to secure the well- being of the nation's citizenry.” — LAWYER Rex Van Schalkwyk

BUSINESS DAY: NSA Snooping -
Throwing Stones in Glass Houses
BUSINESS DAY: Lessons
for South Africa in the U.S.
Surveillance Scandal
INDEPENDENT ONLINE:
Obama in Africa to be
Secured on Land, Sea, Air
TIMES LIVE: Johannesburg
Students, Faculty Reject
Honorary Degree for Obama

Xewmedia, Senegal Africa Needs Obama to Join Fight Against Witch Hunting “President Obama should ask Africans to draw a lesson from European witch hunting and the Salem witch hunts that occurred in America and condemn the ritual killing of albinos in Tanzania, hunchbacks in Nigeria, and witch killing and abuses in Kenya, Nigeria, Lesotho, Uganda and in the state of Sierra Leone.” — COLUMNIST Leo Igwe TIME TO WEIGH IN ON WITCH HUNTING?

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Oklahoma 'Infidels' and Our So-Called 'Muslims' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Some Syrians find themselves in hastily-built humanitarian aid camps, their bodies, and those of their women ravaged by monsters in human form. All that was left of the honor of these poor souls has been stolen by evil predators. ... In Oklahoma, families found themselves without a roof over their heads, after the latest tornado flattened their homes. However, they at least were greeted with open arms by generous souls who stood by them, embraced them, and who eased their burdens.” — COLUMNIST Hassan Al-Khafaji PLIGHT OF SYRIA'S REFUGEE WOMEN

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Says Unlike 2009, Presidential Vote in 2013 will 'Frustrate Enemies' “Ayatollah Khamenei said that failure to abide by the law was the cause of the 2009 post-election unrest. ... The leader said opposing views expressed by the candidates during live debates exposed those who accuse the Islamic Republic of muzzling free speech. ... 'However, I have reservations about certain issues raised in the debates w hich, God willing, I will explain after the election,' the supreme leader said.” — NEWS ITEM, Kayhan ELECTION 'EXCITEMENT' TAKES HOLD IN IRAN

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Security Needs vs. Democratic Rights “Democracies around the world struggle to defend themselves against terrorism without at the same time undermining the very freedoms which they value and which they are willing to fight to protect. Only through lively public debate and very careful deliberation is it possible to strike the right balance. In Israel and around the world, the NSA surveillance controversy provides a perfect opportunity.” — EDITORIAL, The Jerusalem Post WHAT IS THE 'RIGHT BALANCE'?

JERUSALEM POST: Enemies of the
State: Edward Snowden, Anat Kam
JERUSALEM POST: Israel is Losing America

Buisiness Day, South Africa Obama Sets 'Dubious Example' on Freedom “Obama's attitude to the NSA surveillance program echoes comments made by our State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele. ... Obama and Cwele want us to swallow the lie that it is okay to surrender a liberty or two because the bad guys won�t be stopped otherwise. ... What kind of example is Obama setting? ” — COLUMNIST Sipho Hlongwane CWELE AND OBAMA OF SAME MIND

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Recalling RFK's Murder as 'Palestinian Terror' “The truth - which most people overlook � was that this Kennedy assassination was the first major case of Palestinian terrorism that targeted the United States.” — COLUMNIST, Dr. Gil Troy WHERE PALESTINIAN TERROR BEGAN?

Al-Haram, Egypt Egypt Court Defends NGO Verdict; Decries 'Soft U.S. Imperialism' “in defense of controversial verdicts on non-governmental organizations, Cairo Criminal Court asserts that foreign- funded civil society aims to 'destabilize, weaken and dismantle' beneficiary states.” — REPORTER Ayat Al-Tawy

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Iraq's al-Qaeda 'Bombshell' “Iraq's public announcement that it has unearthed an al-Qaeda plot to lay hands on its chemical weapons is nothing short of a bombshell. ... Iraq's claim that the ultimate aim of the group was to smuggle the agents to Europe and North America will kick off wide-scale investigations.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times IRAQ WMDS THAT AL-QAEDA IS STEALING?

The Daily Independent, Nigeria Shame on Nigeria ... Barack Obama is Right to Shun Us! “Isn't it a shame that the first African- American in the White House is to visit the continent a second time without stopping in Nigeria? ... How long will we continue to deceive ourselves? We are now a laughing stock among nations.” — COLUMNIST Habib Aruna NIGERIA - AND KENYA - FEEL OBAMA'S LASH

Kayhan, Iran Presidential Candidates: Nuclear Policy Decided by the Supreme Leader Only “Whoever is elected president in June, uranium enrichment will be pursued without fear of the enemy ... The president must demonstrate this clearly to the supreme leader.” — PRESIDNETIAL CANDIDATE Saeed Jalili KHAMENEI: HOLDING ALL THE CARDS

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Arkansas Residents Ill After Exxon Pipeline Rupture May 29, 00:00:47 "Should the U.S. expand its network of oil pipelines, particularly the pipeline to Canada's oils sands, with the recent spate of accidents? Will victims in the United States get justice in the face of Exxon's public relations and legal onslaught?” — INSIDE STORY Host Shihab Rattanssi WHAT IS TO COME FOR MAJOR OIL FIRMS?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Israel's Interests in Syria “It is a mistake for Israelis to express support for Assad. Israel should stay out of the Syrian conflict altogether while hoping for the fall of the Assad regime. Ultimately, Israel would be better served by a failed state next door than by a strong, Iran-backed entity.” — EDITORIAL, Jerusalem Post

NASARALLAH'S PLEDGE TO ASSAD

VIDEO: Nasrallah Pledges Army for Assad

DEBKA FILE: Hezbullah Chief
Pledges Tens of Thousands
to Fight for Bashar Assad
JERUSALEM POST: 'Abbas
Under Pressure to Talks
Without Preconditions'
JERUSALEM POST: 'Netanyahu
Will Not Freeze Settlements'
ISRAEL HAYUM: Demise
of Middle East Borders
JERUSALEM POST: 'Abbas Under
Pressure to Talk - No Preconditions'
ISRAEL HAYUM: Peace Pushers
and Cognitive Dissonance
JERUSALEM POST: Washington
Watch: Is Hillary Inevitable?

Debka File, Israel Israel: 'Syria Will Pay for Golan Escalation' “Our policy is clear � we don't interfere in Syria's civil war, but neither will we let the fire spill over onto our territory. Last night ... we destroyed a Syrian army position on Golan, which fired at an IDF patrol.” — DEFENSE MINISTER Moshe Yaalon

WILL ISRAEL ENTER SYRIAN WAR?

ISRAEL HAYUM: No Need to
Show Assad the Door ... Yet
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Anti-Israel
NGOs Receive U.S. Funding
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Many Syria
Rebels Despise the West as
Much as they Despise Assad

Al-Arabiya, U.A.E. Angelina Jolie and the Love for Life “Following her brave 'medical choice,' a lot of people realized that her inner beauty is equal to her outer beauty. This is down to her maturity, wisdom and bravery, commitment to human rights around the world.” — COLUMNIST Mazen Hayek

Zaman, Turkey Explaining Anti-American Turkey's Plea for American Intervention in Syria War TRANSLATED FROM TURKISH “Washington come under fire when it intervenes in the region (in Libya) or when it does not (in Syria). ... Pleas to the U.S. for help toppling Assad, in particular from Turkey, stand out against the backdrop of continuing strong anti-Americanism.” — COLUMNIST Joost Lagendijk WANTING AND NOT WANTING - AMERICA

Debka File, Israel Russian Navy Deploys; Turkey Weighs Strike on Syria for Bombing “Putin clearly sees Obama's decision to keep the U.S. out of military involvement in the Syrian conflict as an open gateway for a Russian military comeback to the Middle East after a 21-year absence, armed with a wide array of weapons for winning over new clients.” — DEBKA FILE Sources OTHER PARTIES MOVE IN CLOSER

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Israeli Raid on Syria Nearly Provoked an 'All-Out War' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Despite the weaponry, the money and men sent to Syria to fight with the opposition, they were losing ground to the regime's forces.” — REPORTER Scarlett Haddad RUSSIA AND AMERICA - HOLDING HANDS

Debka File, Israel After Israel's Strikes: Syria Threatens 'War of Attrition'; All Parties on 'Tenterhooks' “The new direction of things may derail U.S. plans for a superpower deal to bring the horrific Syrian crisis to a close. The local players, Khamenei, Assad and Nasrallah, are getting ready to grab the wheel and push the U.S. and Israel out of the driver's seat. ... All the parties concerned, from Washington and Moscow, to Jerusalem, Tehran, Damascus and Beirut, were waiting on tenterhooks to see who would make the next move in the crisis.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Abraham, Moses, Arabs and Israel: Obama 'Imposing Palestine' is Not the Answer TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Dr. Khalife said in two consecutive sentences that the Israelis should have stayed 'at home in Chaldea,' but that Palestine is 'Arab' in the 'middle of the Arab world.' So he denounces an invasion that took place 1,800 years before Christ, but endorses one that occurred 700 years after Christ. By his logic, the Arab people should have 'stayed home in Arabia.' ...” — COLUMNIST Ali Jamaleddine OLD TESTEMENT AND THE MIDEAST MAP

All4Syria, Syria As Assad Kills His Own, Israel Moves Freely Across Sky TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “For everything Israel has done, it remains the number one enemy of the Syrian people. But by exercising the military option, Israel has been able to do what the entire world and Arabs with them have been unable to do.” — COLUMNIST Samir Matini ISRAELIS: SHOWING UP ASSAD

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon President Obama: Impose Palestine Just as Truman Imposed the State of Israel TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Truman's America became complicit in the second terrorism and second genocide carried out by Israeli Jews, when in 1948, he reimposed this spoiler state, dissolved for 2000 years by the anathema of Jesus Christ [the separation from, or death of, Jesus].” — COLUMNIST Dr. Charles Khalife SHOULD OBAMA RECOGNIZE PALESTINE?

Al Mada, Iraq Nasrallah vs. Qaradawi: Battling Sheikhs Turning Syria into Repeat of Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The views of these two sheikhs may be as diametrically opposed as the color of their headgear, but both are issuing fatwas for political and sectarian purposes. With the Syrian regime's stubbornness and persistence in resorting to force, and the fragmentation within the Syrian opposition, we are seeing an almost perfect reproduction of the Iraqi scenario, which has so far produced nothing but destruction.” — COLUMNIST Hazem Mubaidin SUNNIS AND SHIITES BATTLE FOR SYRIA

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon America's Red Line is a 'Syrian Halabja' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Years ago, the George W. Bush administration was deliberately engaged in a false diagnosis of pregnancy - WMDs allegedly held by Saddam - and America gave birth to a devastating, unjust war against Iraq. Obama learned the lesson well - but did he learn it too well?” — COLUMNIST Issa Goraieb LEBANON INTO MAELSTROM

Jerusalem Post, Israel Israel's Message to Assad' “While statesmen of other nations seem to make declarations without having any intention of standing behind their words, Israel will not tolerate Syria's crossing its red lines. And that is an important message for mullahs of the Islamic Republic, too.” — EDITORIAL, Jerusalum Post ISRAEL HITS SYRIA - BUT FOR WHO?

ISRAEL HAYOM: 'Who Dares, Wins'
ISRAEL HAYOM: A Message to Iran
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama
and Netanyahu's 'New Red Line'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel,
U.S. Coordinate to Thin Out
Syria's Weapon Stockpiles
JERUSALEM POST: Why the
U.S. Must Now Lead in Syria
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel
Enforcing Red Lines on Syria

Tishreen, Syria The Global 'Chemical Arms Conspiracy' Against Syria TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The recent pilgrimage of Gulf leaders to the White House - their new Kaaba - proves that the objective of their trip was to create and implement a chemical weapons conspiracy against the beating heart of Arab nationalism ... Syria.” — COLUMNIST Raghda Mardini THE LIES AND THE SUFFERING CONTINUE

Al Rai, Jordan Shaking Russian Backing for Syria's Bashar al-Assad TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Russian support for Syria is not only a matter of Moscow's desire to retain its Mediterranean 'warm water' port or the global geostrategic struggle between the Russia-China camp and the U.S.-Europe camp. While these are important, they aren't primary.” — COLUMNIST Hamadeh Faraneh

Daily Star, Lebanon Syrian Crisis Again Shows U.S. Hypocrisy “In the two long years since the Syria conflict erupted, the United States has unwittingly showed much about its foreign policy preoccupations and its motives, all of which point to a nation losing its superpower status and world policeman role.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

Al Rai, Jordan To Alter 'Traits', Arab Men Should 'Marry Women from Asia, China Africa and West' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “From now on, Arab childbearing should be Westernized. I don't mean that that Arab men should marry only women from the West, but also from China, Asia and Africa. Perhaps then, our Arab and 'Mid- Eastern traits' as they call them, will diminish and eventually disappear, and thus become like a form of camouflage.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Hasan Al Zouby TIME FOR ARABS TO THINK GENETICALLY?

Debka File, Israel Non-Response to Assad's Chem Weapons Use Would Encourage Nuclear Iran “While very reluctant to embroil America in the Syrian war, those 'red lines' would be discounted as meaningless by the world, the Mideast and most of all, Israel, if President Obama holds back now.” — COLUMNIST Dan Margalit

JERUSLEM POST: Culpability vs.
Responsibility - Lesson from Boston
JERUSALEM POST: An American
Holocaust? ... Assessing the threat
JERUSALEM POST:
Syria and its Implications
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel Wary
about U.S. Intervention in Syria
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Islamic
Indoctrination in Boston
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Western World Must Wake Up
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'As if
they Caught Another bin Laden'

Al Rai, Jordan Growing Signs of America's 'Inevitable Fall from Grace' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “America has failed to learn even a single lesson from its misadventures, starting with its defeat in and pullout from Vietnam, where it lost more than 65,000 soldiers, all the way to its failure to succeed in Afghanistan.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Omar Al Hadrami

Kayhan, Iran Iran Calls Canadian Charge it is Connected to al-Qaeda Train Scheme 'Ridiculous' “In recent years, Canada's radical government has put into practice a policy of harassing Iran, and it is clear that in this case, Ottawa is pursuing these hostile actions.” — Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast WAS TEHRAN HELPING THIS MAN?

Al Ghad, Jordan U.S.-Zionist Plan for 'Blood Borders' Proceeding Apace TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This holy war against Syria, backed by Arab oil, will 'set the record straight' and change the borders according to Israeli interests, thus entrenching the dominance of the religiously-based Jewish state.” — COLUMNIST Jihad Al Muhaysin U.S.-ISRAEL 'PLOT' GOING AS PLANNED?

Al Ghad, Jordan U.S. Troops in Jordan: It is Unwise to Oppose Uncle Sam TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Those who want to fight America can join al-Qaeda, which has been doing so for two decades since it dragged U.S. soldiers through the streets of Somalia. But those who seek to build state and civil relations must not proceed down this disastrous path. Anyone who thinks otherwise can go live in Kandahar.” — COLUMNIST Yasir Abu Hilalah ON THE GROUND ALONG THE SYRIAN BORDER

Al Hayat Al Jadidah, Palestinian Territories 'Washington Indicts Itself' with its Annual Human Rights Report TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is laughable for Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya to deny her country's support for new regimes that suppress liberty, particularly religious liberty. All of us know that these dark forces greatly resemble the ones ousted in the first place.” — COLUMNIST Hafez Al Barghouthi TOO 'HONEST' OF A REPORT?

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Saudi Arabia: A Criminal State Responsible for Most of World's Terror Attacks TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “What crime did the participants of the Boston Marathon commit that Saudi Arabia felt the need to avenge itself against them? What crime did a ten-year-old boy commit to make him worthy of murder in front of his mother, and while he happily watched and supported his father as he participated in the race? ... A strict stand against this corrupt government, which is so full of hatred and criminal tendencies toward humanity, must be taken.” — COLUMNIST Zuhayr Chantaf IS THE U.S. TOO CLOSE TO THE SAUDIS?

Dar al-Hayat, Saudi Arabia Why Isn't Saudi Embassy Suing U.S. Media Over Marathon Defamations? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “ If the Saudi Foreign Ministry fails to act or respond to this demand, which I consider to be one of the entire nation, what is to stop us from launching a public campaign to raise money to hire a respected U.S. law firm to defend us against such defamation and incitement of hatred toward our nation?” — COLUMNIST Abdelaziz al-Suwayed CLEARED OF CRIME - BUT SMEARED

Debka File, Israel Tsarnaev Brothers were 'Double Agents' Who Faked America into Terror Trap “DEBKA File's sources conclude that the brothers were double agents, hired by U.S. and Saudi intelligence, to penetrate Wahhabi networks which, helped by Saudi money, have spread across the restive Russian Caucasus.” — DEBKA FILE Sources HAVE U.S. AND SAUDIS BEEN PLAYED?

Al-Iraq News, Iraq The Boston Marathon Blasts and Bombs in Iraq: No Comparison TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “With all due respect to the human soul, which is sacred wherever it is found, one cannot compare events in Boston to the explosions and shelling my people have had to endure, without knowing where they come from or when they will end. All they know is that from time to time, there will be piles of corpses.” — COLUMNIST Ali al-Katib

Al Ghad, Jordan Bostonians Hit By the 'Plague of the Century' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The plague of blood unleashed after Sept. 11 is now impacting everywhere. Boston has been struck by the plague like other places in the world; innocent people have been murdered and maimed. The world is no longer safe; all are threatened. ” — COLUMNIST Jihad Al Muhaysin BOSTON SUSPECTS SPOTTED

Al-Iraq News, Iraq 'Having Sown the Wind ... America Reaps Whirlwind' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The victims in Boston and other places are suffering as a result of a ball of fire striking at America for its ever-growing involvement in terror, based on the proverb: 'they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind!'” — COLUMNIST Filah Al Mishaal BOSTON: FOREIGN POLICY 'BLOWBACK'?

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Will Americans Learn the Right Lesson from the Boston Bombings? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Will the Boston bombings be the start of a terror transition for America, and an end to America's support for Wahhabi terrorism and its masterminds in the Gulf? Or will it serve as a pretext to launch a new war, as occurred after September 11?” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Kazem IS TERROR A U.S. POLICY TOOL?

Debka File, Israel Saudi Terror Cell, Possibly al-Qaeda, Behind Bombings at the Boston Marathon “DEBKA File's counterterrorism sources can disclose that the investigation has homed in on a suspected terror cell of Saudi nationals, possibly tied to al-Qaeda.” — Debka File Sources

JERUSALEM POST: Boston, Israel
and the Demands of Resilience
JERUSALEM POST: 'Israel Stands
with America': Israeli Leaders

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Iraq: The Invasion of Our Nation Goes Unpunished TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Iraq's new power elite is annoyed by American or British investigations, independent or official, into the justifications for the invasion. Because such inquiries expose the lies and fabrications that were utilized at the time, and uncover their miserable roles in enticing the occupiers by pledging Iraq's wealth in return for speeding the U.S.-led invasion.” — COLUMNIST Jamal Muhammad Taqi WHAT DOES AMERICA OWE IRAQIS?

Jerusalem Post, Israel U.S. Jewish Community on Alert After Boston Bombing “It took time to believe that it was a bomb attack. Boston is a very quiet and calm place, especially when we come from Israel with its complexity.” — Shai Bazak, Israeli Consul-General in Boston

Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Jordan Buffer Zones for Syrians and American 'Blackmail' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Another world war may be coming. What America wants is the support and training of a 'moderate' force to shield Jordan and combat 'extremist groups' - which the United States contributed to creating!” — COLUMNIST Lamis Andoni WASHINGTON: BOXING IN ITS ALLIES?

Azzaman, Iraq Will U.S. Apologize to Iraq for its Disgraceful Invasion? “What happened in that decade of darkness was something Iraqis had not seen in over 200 years. ... The politicians running Iraq today were the only ones who clapped for the invading American troops” — COLUMNIST Fatih Abdulsalam

Kitabat, Iraq Evil into Righteousness: U.S. Crimes Against Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The orgy of evil committed by America's elites began long before its savage forces were unleashed so violently against Iraqis. Now that elite, which committed these countless and unimaginable crimes, boasts as if it did something righteous.” — COLUMNIST Abdallah Abbas ARE U.S. ELITES INHERENTLY EVIL?

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia Obama Must Face Up to Post-Assad Syria Now! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “To say that what's happening in Syria poses no risk to U.S. security is nonsense ... The positions taken by Obama, not just today but yesterday as well, demonstrate both a lack of foresight and weak leadership.” — COLUMNIST Tariq Alhomayed TIME FOR AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT?

Al-Youm Al-Sabe3, Egypt Bassem Youssef Affair Reflects Growing Egypt-America Divide TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The issue is about more than John Stewart's message to President Morsi, his surprise at the fact that Bassem's satire is considered an insult to the president, and Stewart's view that silencing Bassem and his program does not befit the leader of a country like Egypt, home to one of history's great civilizations.” — COLUMNIST Adel El-Sanhory JOHN STEWART SHAKES UP EGYPTIAN POLITICS

Debka File, Israel Iran Lines Up Behind North Korea, Warns U.S. of 'Great Losses' “The inevitable convergence of the crises in Korea and Iran confronts America's three top officials, President Obama, Secretary Kerry and Defense Secretary Hagel, with their most challenging global test.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

FARS NEWS AGENCY: Iran
Commander Warns U.S. of
War on Korean Peninsula

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Warns in Event of Zionist Attack, Tel Aviv Would Be 'Razed' “We have repeatedly told you [the U.S.] that we are not after nuclear weapons. You say you don't believe us. ... Why should we believe you? When you aren't ready to accept an honest and logical remark, why should we accept your words, which have been so often proven false?” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei

Thawra Al Wehda, Syria An Arab League Summit Without Syria? Ridiculous! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “As they sat on their plush seats, they allowed the illegitimate child of Qatar and the CIA to sit amongst them. They called him the representative of the Syrians, who haven't recognized him, so that they could make him a puppet they can tell anything they like to. ... And they had the insolence to shed crocodile tears for the Syrian people and blame the 'regime' for the crisis in Syria and the way it continues.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Issa al-Shummas THE ARAB LEAGE WITHOUT ASSAD?

Debka File, Israel Arab Summit Breaks Up in 'Uproar' Over Saudi Heavy Weapons to Syrian Rebels “Saudi and Qatari delegates were heard hurling shrill abuse at one another and exchanging blows in private meeting rooms outside the assembly hall. All summit activity was abruptly halted.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama's
'Freedom to Do Nothing'
JERUSALEM POST: After
Obama Trip, What Next?
JERUSALEM POST: Obama
and the Gift of Charisma

Al Hayat Al Jadidah, Palestinian Territories For Himself and for Palestine, Obama Must take a Historic Risk TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Obama may yet leave his mark as a policy maker deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded at the beginning of his termS. That will allow America to escape its growing isolation and doubts about it that infuse people in this part of the world.” — COLUMNIST Yehiah Rabah PALESTINIAN HOPE FOR OBAMA

Israel Hayom, Israel Reconciling with Turkey 'Under Obama's Scrutiny' was 'Worth the Price' “The apology represented a lack of respect for IDF soldiers who risked their lives encountering armed Turkish activists ... but the U.S. president acted for the benefit of all sides while keeping in mind his nation's best interests.” — COLUMNIST Dan Margalit

DEBKA FILE: Turkey Needed to
End Row with Israel; Netanyahu
Apology Gave Obama Breakthrough
ISRAEL HAYOM: 'Syria was Key
Issue in Apologizing to Turkey'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Seeing
Israel Through Obama's Eyes
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: U.S.-
Israel Red Lines Still Far Apart
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Americans
Should Take Pride in
Obama's Pro-Israel Diplomacy
ISRAEL HAYOM: Obama
Should 'Show Some Humility'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama
a President of Words (Only)
ISRAEL HAYOM: Was Obama's
Visit to Israel a Turning Point?
JERUSALEM POST:
Obama Doesn't Miss a Beat
JERUSALEM POST: Facebook�s
Blind Spot to Antisemitism

IS FACEBOOK RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?

Le Quotidien d'Oran Algeria What Palestinians Expect from Obama: 'Nothing' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Rather than as a leader of the world's greatest power, Obama arrives in Israel 'repentant,' having been publicly rebuffed and humiliated by the Israeli prime minister during his first- term, and so, determined not to allow it to happen again.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib LITTLE HOPE AMONG PALESTINIANS

Al Rai, Qatar 'May Allah Protect Us' After Obama's Visit TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “America's game plan in the Mideast is now clear: Whenever there are new plans for war, Washington and Tel Aviv lift their voices about proceeding with the peace process.” — COLUMNIST Taher Al Adwan SKEPTICISM ON THE ARAB STREET

Zaman, Turkey Turkey, Israel in U.S.- Brokered Peace after Mavi Marmara Apology “The breakthrough came as a result of what appears to be a U,S. bid to normalize relations between the two.” — News Item, Zaman

Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, Palestinian Terrotories Why Palestinian 'Naysayers' Protest Visit by Mr. Obama TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “They protest to express not only their right to oppose Obama's visit, but to oppose all positions of the U.S., which invariably gives cover for the occupation, and with its continuous financial, military and political support, provides it with every tool for murder. In return, we, the victims, are whipped.” — COLUMNIST Bahaa Rahhal PALESTINIANS: RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

JORDAN TIMES: EDITORIAL - Obama's
Opportunity to Address Problems
JORDAN TIMES: What Will
the Obama Mideast Legacy Be?
KHALEEJ TIMES, U.A.E.:
EDITORIAL - Obama's 'Futile' Visit

The Daily Star, Lebanon Obama in Israel: 'Enjoy the Dance' “Few people had any illusions that the U.S. intended to be an honest broker in the peace process, but Obama's visit to Israel is managing to take despair and outrage by Palestinians and Arabs to an entirely new level.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star OBAMA: SOWING DIVISION?

Jerusalem Post, Israel 'Shared Dream' of Peace “We share the sense of pressing need to resolve the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. But we reject the idea that the U.S. or any other state can facilitate peace or that hostility in the region toward the U.S. is in any way connected to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.” — EDITORIAL, Jerusalem Post OBAMA MAKES CASE - TO APPLAUSE

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama's
Insistence on Peace 'Inexplicable'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Student Who
Heckled Obama Explains Himself
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Friction Behind the Smiles
JERUSALEM POST: In Hope, in
Faith - 'Thank You America'
JERUSALEM POST: How Would
Obama's Speech Play in Gaza?
JERUSALEM POST: Obama Unveils
Credible Threat to Iran: Israel
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Pro Israel, or Useful Idiots?
JERUSALEM POST: Jonathan
Pollard - The Buck Stops Here
JERUSALEM POST: Sinai
Today - Open letter to Obama
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'No
Occupation in Our Own Land'
JERUSALEM POST: Why U.S.
Engagement in Peace is Needed
JERUSALEM POST: Candidly
Speaking - The Obama
Visit and American Jewry
DEBKA FILE:Netanyahu and
Obama Agree: No Israeli Strike
on Iran Without U.S. Assent

Jerusalem Post, Israel Obama: He Had Us at 'Shalom' “As a Channel 10 reporter told Army Radio in regard to what she considers the over-the-top Obama-mania that has gripped the nation, if this is the way the nation greets Obama, what's left to greet the Messiah? We are a country that feels isolated � unaccepted and hated in the region, and misunderstood abroad.” — COLUMNIST Herb Keinon BIGGER WELCOME THAN EXPECTED

Al Raya, Qatar Hugo Chavez Frias: The Man that Was TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “He saved many poor people from poverty with his policy equitably sharing oil wealth. On paper, while this seemed fair, in fact, the way he went about it was not. Rather than of teaching people how to fish, Chavez gave them the fish. ” — COLUMNIST Reem Al Harmi HUGO CHAVEZ: ONLY HUMAN

The Daily Star, Lebanon EDITORIAL: Obama's 'Political Tourism' “No U.S. president, under the current circumstances, is going to risk any political capital by moving forward with peace efforts; U.S. officials are busy dealing with the domestic economy, the global economy, and in regard to the Middle East, with the repercussions of Arab uprisings and Tehran.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star WHAT GOOD WILL COME?

DAILY STAR EDITORIAL:
The Tragic Lesson of Iraq

Jerusalem Post, Israel Obama's Mysterious Visit
WHY COME?	“The truth we don't know why Obama is coming to Israel. The Obama Administration has not shown where its Israel policy is going. And Obama's Republican opposition is not in a position to push him.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

JERUSALEM POST LIVE
BLOG: Obama visits Israel
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
On the Agenda with Obama
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Peres - 'I Believe
Obama, but Iran May be Bluffing'
JERUSALEM POST: Former Speaker
Slams Obama for Not Visiting Knesset
ISRAEL HAYOM: 'Welcome, Mr. President'
ISRAEL HAYOM: Obama's Entourage:
Armed to the Teeth; Ready for Anything
ISRAEL HAYOM: How
Much Will Obama's Visit Cost?
ISRAEL HAYOM: Obama Will
Talk to Bibi; But Think of China
ISRAEL HAYOM: 'We
are All Ariel University'
ISRAEL HAYOM: As Obama
Lands, Settlers Dedicate New
Neighborhood to Pollard
DEBKA FILE: Chasm Seperates
Obama and Netanyahu on
Nuclear Iran, Chemical Syria

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Obama 'Road Trip' in the Holy Land “Obama will be very surprised by some of the things he sees on the his journey from Jerusalem to Ramallah.” — COLUMNIST Hagai Segal OBAMA HEADS TO ISRAEL

JERUSALEM POST: Iron Dome and
Arrow: IDF Aims to Impress Obama
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israelis
'Indifferent' to Obama's Visit
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel in
Final Preparations for Obama
JERUSALEM POST:
Obama, FDR and Zionism
DEBKA FILE: Iran - 'Commanders
Now Authorized to Open Fire.
Go Home, Barack Obama!
JERUSALEM POST: Obama
- Take the Road Not Taken

Al Wahdawi, Yemen Hugo Chavez: 'More Arab than Arabs of Petroleum' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “His convictions made him more Arab than the Arabs of petroleum, the slaves of America and the dinar. ... The average Arab citizen, who sees no strength or dignity in his own head of state, is struck by the tragedy of Hugo Chavez' death. ” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Al Hakimi CHAVEZ: MORE ARAB THAN ARABS

Kayhan, Iran Ahmadinejad: 'Death of Chavez will Not Harm Venezuela Ties' “The Iranian nation has strong bonds with other revolutionary nations. No one should think a vacuum will emerge in relations due to the death of Chavez.” — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad THE 'REVOLUTION' TAKES A BLOW

Debka File, Israel Islamist-Syrian Rebels Seek to Take Golan in time for Obama Visit “The Islamists had two more objectives: To be in position for cross-border attacks on Israel and Jordan � perhaps in the course of U.S. President Barack Obama�s March 20-22 visits to those countries; and to use the 'liberated' Syrian Golan as launching pads for a war of attrition against them.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama Visit
May Spell Construction Freeze
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Settler Students
Not Invited to Obama Keynote Speech
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israeli
Government Releases 'Obama App'

Al Raya, Qatar Egyptians 'Reject' John Kerry's Visit TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The U.S. administration refuses to recognize that a change has taken place in Egypt, and so a change in discourse must go along with that. There is no longer any point in talking about Egypt as if it were a state of the U.S. union.” — COLUMNIST Yousof Al Aakeed

Haaretz, Israel Obama to See Church of the Nativity; Iron Dome to be Moved to Airport “A ream of about 50 people - diplomats, security personnel and White House officials, are in Israel ahead of President Obama's arrival on March 20.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid OBAMA FINALLY GETS TO ISRAEL

Al-Arabiya, United Arab Emirates Kerry Gives Green Light to Arming Syrian Rebels “U.S. Secretary of State Kerry gave an unambiguous support of regional countries arming the Syrian opposition during his recent Europe-Mideaat trip.” — REPORTER Joyce Karam

Mehr News Agency, Iran Ahmadinejad: Chavez Will Be 'Resurrected with Christ the Savior' “As long as nations live and struggle for independence, justice and kindness, he is alive. And I have no doubt that along with Christ the Savior, heir to all saintly and perfect men, he will be resurrected, bringing peace, justice and perfection to all.” — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad AHMADIEJAD SAYS GOODBYE

Al Watan, Egypt Defense Minister Rejects Kerry Offer of American Assistance in the Sinai TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “General Sisi got testy when Kerry told him, 'Israel's security is our first concern,' and he rejected a U.S. offer to help out in the Sinai. ... Sisi said that Egypt's Armed Forces know perfectly well what it is entrusted to do, which is to control the border and protect Egypt from all threats.” — REPORTER Khalid Mohammed KERRY GETS PUSHBACK IN EGYPT

The Daily Star, Lebanon Secretary Kerry: 'Feigned Ignorance' “Every extremist operation has taken place because of the injustice meted out to the Palestinians. ... Given how evident the reason for their ill favor in the world, it would be a joke if after two dozen years spent, the U.S. was still unaware. ... Either they have blinkers on, or take the people of the region for morons.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star JOHN KERRY: SEE NO EVIL?

DEBKA FILE: U.S. Joins
Russia in Drawing Ceasefire
Lines for Ending Syrian War

Daily Independent, Nigeria Kim Kardashian: Nigeria Overpaid a Woman Who 'Panders to Easy Virtue' “Nigerians were taken aback at reports that for a passing 45 minute glance, she was paid a $500,000 fee by the Nigerian sponsors. We wonder which celebrity value or quality the organizers of the Lagos event thought she would bring that warranted inviting her at such a huge cost. But beyond money matters, we worry about the psychological damage that the act of idolizing and glorifying a character with such loose moral fiber does to our frustrated generation of younger people.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Independent KIM KARDASHIAN: BAD ROLE MODEL?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Seth MacFarlane's 'Inglorious Oscars' “MacFarlane's crudeness � befitting the creator of Family Guy � was equally offensive to Jews, women, and Hispanics (he also voiced racial insults against Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy).” — EDITORIAL, The Jerusalem Post ISRAELI OSCAR OPPROBRIUM

DEBKA FILE: U.S. Joins
Russia in Drawing Ceasefire
Lines for Ending Syrian War

Kahyan, Iran U.S.-Led Sanctions Hurt Patients of Rare Disease “Although the U.S.-engineered sanctions do not directly target medicines, importing such items from abroad has become almost impossible due to restrictions on the banking system, which is unable to transfer needed funds.” — NEWS ITEM, Kayhan SANCTIONS: THE CRUELEST CUT

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Toppling Maliki, Ending Iraq's Chaos, and Establishing Order TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Prime Minister Maliki, commander- in-chief responsible for security in the country, refuses to descend from the fragile throne he ascended to years ago through an open deal between the United States and Iran. Maliki was put there as a cover for their mistakes.” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Yassine MALIKI: JUST A U.S-IRANIAN PUPPET?

Kayhan, Iran 'Politicized Hollywood' Gives Anti-Iran Film Argo Oscar for 'Best Picture' “The politically-motivated choice was re-enforced by the surprise presenter: Michelle Obama. ... Awarding the Oscar for best picture to the film Argo reveals how Hollywood insiders sacrifice quality and artistry for the sake of political slogans and distortions.” — MEHR News Agency MICHELLE AS THE MULLAHS PREFER

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Great Satan and the Zionist Entity: 'Arabs Swallow Iran's Bait' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “If Iran's rulers were truthful about the animosity they claim to feel toward the Great Satan, they would never have helped support its occupations. Iran's 'support' for the resistance is based on interests that are purely Iranian. It has nothing to do with love for the resistance, and everything to do with its expansionist aims, which the fall of Assad would imperil.” — COLUMNIST Faris Haidar IRAN STAKES ITS CLAIM ON SYRIA

Debka File, Israel Assad Pulls Ahead in Syria; Putin, Khamenei are 'Joint-Victors' “The losers are America, the Gulf emirates and Saudi Arabia, Israel and Turkey. Obama's idea of a democratic, liberal 'Arab Spring' has now collapsed.'” — DEBKA FILE NEWS ITEM WILL ASSAD SURVIVE THE STORM?

DEBKA FILE: Obama and
Netanyahu Help Khamenei
Pick Iran's Next President

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Saddam Most Responsible for Our Pain; Best Wishes to Mr. George H.W. Bush TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Liberating Kuwait, after Saddam conquered it under the cover of night, dispensed huge amounts of pain and suffering among Iraq's people. Thanks to Saddam, Iraq's people were scattered across all of the nations of the earth.” — COLUMNIST Hadi Jallo Merhi WHO SHOULD IRAQIS BLAME THE MOST?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Stop Calling U.S. Critics - Including Hagel - 'Anti-Israel' “Let us silence the sky-is- falling cries proclaiming a crisis and predicting disaster. Americans and Israelis should celebrate their deep, enduring relationship, cemented by Obama's foreign policy formula from his second inaugural address: 'our interests and conscience.'” — COLUMNIST Gil Troy MAKING NICE WITH OBAMA

JERUSALEM POST: Peres
to Award Obama Israel's
Highest Civilian Award

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei says the United States Has 'Nothing to Worry About' “The Islamic Republic of Iran does not want to see a proliferation of nuclear weapons. In fact, there is nothing for the U.S. to worry over, because the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the possession or use of nuclear weapons a crime against humanity, and calls for getting rid of all weapons of mass destruction.” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei KHAMENEI: PRE-TALK BRINKSMANSHIP?

Debka File, Israel Pyongyang and Tehran Nuclear-Missile Team “Tehran's claim to have sent a monkey into space � highlight its role in the division of labor Pyongyang and Tehran have over years of collaboration: Pyongyang focused on a nuke; and Tehran on the long-range rocket technology for delivery.” — DEKA FILE News Item UNTIMELY DIVISION OF LABOR

HURRIYET: DHKP/C Claims
Responsibility for Suicide
Attack on U.S. Embassy
HURRIYET: Foreign Minister
Davutoglu Calls Clinton
to Express his Condolences
HURRIYET: Osama bin Laden's
Son-in-Law Arrested in Turkey

Kayhan, Iran Leader Hails 'Mass Public Turnout' as Evidence that 'Enemy' Plans are Doomed “The presence of the masses - old, young, women and men - at Azadi Square, 34 years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, is the most divine blessing, and as such, calls for a lifetime thanksgiving. ... the people are protecting this great capital, the source of dignity and independence, and showcase their presence whenever needed.” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei KHAMENEI: 'MASSIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT'?

Kayhan, Iran Glory to Iran's Islamic Revolution, the Mother of the Arab Awakening “There is panic in the camp of the Great Satan and his devilish surrogates. Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great), the Islamic Revolution continues to act as a catalyst. The revolution that Imam Khomeini dubbed an explosion of light has triggered the Islamic Awakening.” — EDITORIAL, Kayhan

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Rejects 'Deceptive' Talks with U.S. “You (Americans) point a gun at Iran and say either negotiate or we will pull the trigger! You should know that pressure and negotiations don't go together, and the [Iranian] nation will not be intimidated by such tactics.” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei KHAMENEI REJECTING NEGOTIATION

Debka File, Israel Ali Khamenei Closes Door on Direct Nuclear Talks with Washington “The supreme leader said such negotiations 'would solve nothing ... You are holding a gun against Iran saying you want to talk. The Iranian nation will not be frightened by any such threats.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

Al Wahdawi, Yemen Yemen Must Beat al-Qaeda with Less U.S. Drone Help TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The long-term solution will be up to the capacity of Yemenis to create a democratic state in which those who are now disaffected will work for change without taking up arms against the state. Legitimacy will be denied all organizations betting on the force of weapons to pursue and achieve their political objectives. ” — EDITORIAL, Al Wahdawi YEMEN: TO GIVE UP AMERICAN AID?

Echorouk al-Yawm, Algeria Barack Obama and the Fly TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “A fly landed on the forehead of the president - and he isn't just any old president. ... Playing on the nerves of a president who in his hands holds the keys to the nuclear arsenal and rules over the affairs of three quarters of the planet. ... Without uttering a word, that fly taught us a lot: Force is a ghoul that no longer frightens anyone - even a fly!!” — COLUMNIST Assadiq Boudwara WORLD TAUGHT A LESSON BY A FLY?

Zaman, Turkey Suicide Bomber Strikes U.S. Embassy; Two Dead “Police seized a large number of documents from the homes of suspects, which revealed plans by their organization, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front to murder politicians, judges, prosecutors and police.” — ZAMAN News Item SUICIDE BOMBER: WHY HIT U.S.?

Echorouk al-Yawm, Algeria Hats Off to Algeria for Rejecting U.S. Meddling in Recent Hostage Crisis TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's necessary to refer to the many ways Arabs humiliate themselves before the Americans to the point that some Arab rulers allow them to bomb their own populations, like in Yemen, and to accept U.S. deployment on their territory to destroy another Arab country, as still others bring in the Americans to establish military bases on their soil and even pay their expenses.” — COLUMNIST Saleh Awad THANKS BUT NO THANKS, AMERICA

Jerusalem Post, Israel Israel and America: Celebrating Civil Rights, Democracy, And MLK “Just as the ties between the Jewish state and the U.S. are strong in such profound ways, so too were the ties between Jews and the movement for civil rights headed by King.” — EDITORIAL, Jerusalem Post TWO NATIONS - SHARED VALUES

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Netanyahu
Jeopardizes Intimacy with U.S.
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Library of Congress Begins
Archiving Billions of Tweets
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Better
to Have a Displeased Obama
than Terror-Ridden Country
YEDITH AHRONOT:
Jews Must Oppose Hagel

The Daily Star, Lebanon Iraq Seems Headed Into 'Irreparable Civil Conflict' “It appears to not be enough for Iraq's government that the nation has already lost thousands of lives and billions of dollars since the American invasion. They seem willing to risk losing even more.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Dark Uncertainty Over Captives in Algeria “France, no more than the U.S., has learned from the Afghan War that al-Qaeda can't be beaten from the sky.” — DEBKA FILE News Item ANOTHER POORLY-PICKED FIGHT?

DEBKA FILE: American Isolationism:
Obama's Unfolding Signature Policy
JERUSALEM POST: Hypocrisy Over
Israel in America and Elsewhere
JERUSALEM POST: Foundations
of the Holocaust: Corporate
America and Slave Labor
JERUSALEM POST: An
Obama-Netanyahu Primer -
'The Don't Like Each Other'

Kitabat, Iraq America Stands Silent as Iraq Heads toward 'Fiery Holocaust' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The indifference of the White House reflects a contempt for the legitimate demands of Iraqis and a collapse of American values unseen in its history.” — COLUMNIST Hamed Shehab TOWARD CIVIL WAR, DISSOLUTION?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Netanyahu Hits Back at Obama: 'I Know What's Best for Israel' “I think everyone understands that only Israel�s citizens are those who will be the ones to determine who most faithfully represents Israels vital interests.” — COLUMNIST Herb Keinon OBAMA COMMENT, SWIFT REPLY

JERUSALEM POST: Rand
Paul in Israel: U.S. Foreign
Aid Can't be One-Way
DEBKA FILE: Bolstered by 16
Russian Warships, Assad Nixes
Talks with 'Western Puppets'

Akhbar Al Khalij, Bahrain 2013: Lucky for Gulf Arabs - Perhaps Not for the West! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The year 2013 is considered an ominous one to Europeans and Americans, as many associate the figure with crises and disaster. But while people in the West are pessimistic about the number 13, in our Arab and Islamic world we have no such belief .” — COLUMNIST Abdul Munim Ibrahim 2013: LUCKY YEAR OR NOT SO MUCH?

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Al-Jazeera Buys Current TV; Boosts its Presence in America Jan. 2, 00:02:47 "Building on the international success of Al Jazeera network and Al-Jazeera English - the purchase of Current TV opens the way for Al-Jazeera America. It is expected that the channel will be available in more than 40 million homes across the U.S.” — CORRESPONDENT Alan Fisher AL-JAZEERA ENTERS U.S. MARKET

Al Anba, Kuwait Schwarzkopf's Death Reminds Kuwait of Saddam Occupation TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf is a hero, and has been credited by God for the liberation of my nation of Kuwait from brutal Saddamist occupation. We mourn his passing, because he instituted his military plans professionally, forcing aggression onto its heels and into retreat.” — Mubarak Boursali, Kuwaiti Student at University of Kentucky SCHWARZKOPF: LEFT MARK ON KUWAITIS

Al Qabas, Kuwait General Norman Schwarzkopf Role 'Second Only to Allah's' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “ Your great role in liberating Kuwait is second only to Allah's. When you freed Kuwait from an oppression that made men cry even before women, you were a great commander. Thank you to all who participated in our liberation. Thank you to our brothers - wherever they are.” — COLUMNIST Badr Saleh Al Rushaid SCHWARZKOPF: HERO OF KUWAIT HISTORY

Dar Al Hayat, Saudi Arabia Calling a 'Spade a Spade': What Sitcoms Tell Us about America TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The early years of the 21st century witnessed the spread of animated series for adults, which surpassed all that came before them in their mockery of American society and its values. ... These series call a 'spade a spade,' sometimes eliciting huge reactions among the general public. ” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Musa COMEDY REVEALS PULSE OF AMERICA

The Daily Star, Lebanon Moscow 'Out of Tricks' on Syria “After Moscow spent its time closely following developments on the ground, it now seems they have concluded that nothing further can be gained by buying time for the Assad regime.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DEBKA FILE: Iran, Hezbullah
Prepare Terror Squads to
Perpetuate War After Assad
DEBKA FILE: Jordan-Palestinian
Confederation Suggested by
Netanyahu and King Abdullah

Debka File, Israel In Face of War, U.S. Pulls Fleet from Syrian Waters “In view of our sources, Obama decided to pull the formidable warship fleet away from Syria in an effort to defuse the military tensions that have been rising among Iran, Turkey and Syria.” — Debka File Sources

Kayhan, Iran America's RQ-170 Drone Data 'Thoroughly Decoded' “After decoding, our experts have discovered that the drone had not carried out even a single nuclear mission over Iran. this shows that the nuclear issue is just a pretext for America to pressure Iran.” — Aerospace chief of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps., General Amir Ali Hajizadeh SENTINAL: ENCRYPTED NO MORE?

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Have the DOHA Climate Talks Delivered? Nov. 8, 00:25:54 "We are dissapointed that the developed countries are in the process of looking at low ambition levels under the 2nd committment period. We call on the them to raise their ambition, consistent with what is required by science ... and the principles of the convention [on climate change].” — INDIA Lead Negotiator, Meera Mehrishi WILL DEVELOPED WORLD PAY UP?

AL-JAZEERA VIDEO: Greenpeace
Calls Outcome of Climate
Conference a 'Betrayal'
AL-JAZEERA VIDEO: Climate
Deal Extends Kyoto Rules

Debka File, Israel Carrier USS Eisenhower Arrives Off Syria Coast “Facing Syria now are 10,000 U.S. fighting men, 70 fighter- bombers and up to 17 warships, including the three Iwo Jima amphibious vessels, a guided missile cruiser and at leasr 10 destroyers and frigates.” — DEBKA FILE Sources U.S. ARMADA READY TO STRIKE

Zaman, Turkey Sir Isaac Newton and Middle East Politics “Your country is not the center of the world. The international system has no center. Even states that claim hegemonic positions like America or Russia cannot be regarded as centers of the system.” — COLUMNIST Gokhan Bacik NEWTONIAN POLITICS?

Debka File, Israel U.S., Israel, Turkey, Jordan Prepared to Strike if Assad Activates Chemical Arms “None of the Mideast capitals are talking openly about this eventuality to avoiding causing a panic. ... However, oblique references to the peril and preparations for action came from U.S. officials on Monday.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Gaza Operation Less
a War than an 'Anti-Iran Coup'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Relationship
with U.S. President Should Not Be
Factor in Choosing Isreali Leader
DEBKA FILE: Washington-Led
NATO Action Begins in Syria

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria 'Unequivocal Respect' for Palestine Freedom Fighters TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Failing to effectively support them, the least we can do is express our unequivocal respect. ... The Palestinians people are alone as usual. ” — COLUMNIST K. Selim TERRORISTS OR FREEDOM FIGHTERS?

Zaman, Turkey Arab and Israeli Extremists Teach Obama Painful Lesson “Hawks and butchers on both sides knew all along how the other would react. Once again they have shown Obama that unless a decisive leader facilitates solutions, none of these issues will ultimitely be resolved.” — COLUMNIST Yavuz Baydar THE HOLY LAND: WAR AND GOD

Debka File, Israel American Warships Head to Israel for the Possible Evacuation of Americans “The U.S. has never evacuated American citizens from Israel. The U.S. notice doesn't say whether a possible evacuation would include the U.S. forces on American bases in Israel.” — Debka File Sources WILL AMERICANS BUG OUT FOR WAR?

JERUSALEM POST: Only
'Disproportionate Deterrence'
Will Offset Hamas
JERUSALEM POST: Ground invasion?
DEBKA FILE: For Israel, Truce
in Gaza is Worst of All worlds:
Tied Hands, Hamas Unbowed
TIMES OF ISRAEL: The 'Dangerous
Success' of Iron Dome
ISRAEL HAYOM: To Grant
Invasion Legitimacy, Bibi
Gives Diplomacy More Time

Yedioth Ahronot: Israel 'Netanyahu Gambled; We'll Pay' “Unlike Turkish vengeance, American vengeance develops slowly until it reaches a breaking point. ... Obama's reelection, which all but Netanyahu took into consideration, could have been much less painful and damaging to Israel had the prime minister conducted himself somewhat differently.” — CORRESPONDENT Sima Kadmon

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: No Time
for Obama to Celebrate
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama's
Win: No Reason for Israel to Panic
JERUSALEM POST: Surprise - Obama
Invites Bibi to his Victory Party
JERUSALEM POST: Just Look at
the U.S.-Israel Relationship Now
JERUSALEM POST: Israel's Situation,
Strategy in Obama's Second Term

The Daily Nation, Kenya Victory is 'God's Plan': Momma Sarah Obama “The reason he won is that God gave it to him . Second, he has the knowledge of loving all people, and doesn't have knowledge of division, which is also why he won ... As much as I have to thank the American people for this, the victory is also Africa's.” — PRESIDENT OBAMA'S Maternal Grandmother, Sarah Obama ORDAINED BY THE LORD?

The Daily Nation, Kenya Kenya Hails Obama Win “On behalf of the Government and people of Kenya and on my behalf, I convey congratulations to you, for your well deserved victory. I commend America's people for showing their confidence in your leadership.” — KENYA PRESIDENT Mwai Kibaki KENYANS TOAST THE PRESIDENT

Al Sabaah, Iraq The U.S. Presidential Debates and Glory of American Democracy TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The final stage of the U.S. presidential competition consists of televised debates with live audiences, in which the two candidates sit and face one another on an open stage, i.e.: it can be seen by Chinese, Americans, Indians and even Saudis in the Arabian Peninsula.” — COLUMNIST Ali Jassem A MODEL WORTH EMULATING

Debka File, Israel Nuclear Reactor, U.S. Radar Station, Targeted By Hamas “Hamas is setting its sights firmly on the most sensitive locations within their reach, e.g., Israel�s nuclear reactor and air force bases and the American X-band radar station in the Negev desert.” — DEBKA FILE Sources A DANGEROUS NEW TURN?

The Daily Nation, Kenya Obama's Kenyan Village says Prayers for 'Son's' Reelection “In churches and mosques, prayers are being uttered to ask God for their son's victory. ... 'We know he was elected by God, and we must take our joint prayers and petition Him so that he hands Obama another term,' says Florence Otieno.” — REPORTER, COLUMNIST Justus Wanga KENYA SUPPORTERS STAND BY THEIR MAN

The Daily Star, Lebanon Obama Versus Romney: No Debate to Speak of “Only a transformation in the structure of Arab states, and the way they treat their own people and the outside world, will cause Western nations to sit up and take note.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star ARABS: CAN'T GET NO RESPECT!

Debka File, Israel Obama, Romney Both Avoid Equating Strike on Israel to Attack on U.S. “The reservations on the part of both candidates reflect the erosion of our strategic position in the four years of the Obama presidency compared with Iran's rising influence in the region.” — DEBKA FILE News Item

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Obama and FDR Oct. 20, 00:03:43 "As president, the four-term Roosevelt faced challenges very similar to the current Democrat in the Oval Office.” — CORRESPONDENT Kristen Saloomey HEALING A BROKEN NATION

The Daily Star, Lebanon Rejecting Palestine: Why Does America Continue Saying No? “The delay in recognizing Palestine means the country is steadily losing more land, and an unstable atmosphere is being created for the Palestinian people. People need to know if they are living in a state, nonstate, or a semistate. ... they are living in a powder keg.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Obama-Khamenei Meet Would Cap Long-Term Back-Channel Dialogue “Obama�s campaign advisers believe that his willingness to engage Iran's leaders directly on their nuclear program, in contrast to Romney's tougher stance, will appeal to the American voter's reluctance about U.S. military action. ” — DEBKA FILE News Item PERSIAN OCTOBER SURPRISE?

Al-Iraq News, Iraq 'Ignorant' Iraqi Leaders to Aid Syria, Along with the Russians and Iranians TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Bearing the fact that Maliki is heavily subsidized by America in mind, and that Americans seeks to topple all of Maliki's allies, one can assume that Washington, which brought Maliki to power in the first place, began considering the idea of abandoning him soon after he visited Russia.” — COLUMNIST Ayad al-Samarrai MALIKI: PUTIN'S LATEST RECRUIT

Quryna, Libya Attack on U.S. Consulate and American Citizens Must Never Be Repeated TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This painful attack directed at the U.S. administration will not pass without retaliation, which will be far-reaching, and will be aimed at influencing political and military alliances in Libya and throughout North Africa. ” — COLUMNIST Fadl Abd al-Taif LIBYANS FACE AMERICAN IRE

Yedioth Ahronot: Israel Liberal Jews Betray Israel “While many Jews in Israel and the U.S. still believe in the commitment of U.S. Jewry to Israel, liberal Jews have already chosen Obama, the Democratic Party and their American identity over their Jewish identity.” — CORRESPONDENT Shoula Romano Horing

JERUSALEM POST: 'Post' Poll finds
Obama Loses Support Among Israelis
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: U.S. Says it
Sought to Resume Israel-Syria Talks
JERUSALEM POST: Obama 'Wipes
Out' Romney's Libya Advantage
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama Only 'Talks the Talk'
JERUSALEM POST: Largest-Ever U.S.
-Israel Missile Defense Drill to Begin

Kayhan, Iran Americans Must 'Topple the Liars on Capitol Hill' “There, stupidity reigns. Before things get any worse and before crude oil prices hit $200 barrel, Americans need to elect a leader that has respect for international law, common sense and their own welfare at heart (not Israel's)!” — EDITORIAL, Kayhan

Thawra Al-Wada, Syria America's 'Arab -Zionist' Pawns TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “If these reactionary regimes did for the Palestinian people half of what they've done against Syria's people, Palestine would already have been returned to the Arab fold, and the obnoxious Zionist occupation would have been defeated.” — COLUMNIST Nasser Munthe MORE 'ZIONIST' PLOTS?

Debka File, Israel Israelis 'Struck Dumb' By Iran Drone Incursion “Israel�s leaders were struck dumb and caught unawares by Iran's audacity in springing an overt act of belligerence on their own and U.S. military installations in the Negev. Israel officials have vowed to respond to a clear act of war.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Why U.S. Won't Attack Iran

Zaman, Turkey Turkey Stands Alone as Syria Opposition Runs Out of Bullets

Debka File, Israel Defecting Cameraman Brings CIA Priceless Film of Iranian Nuclear Sites “This is one of the CIA's most dramatic scoops in many years, and an epic disaster for Iran. One of Ahmadinejad's personal cameramen brought with him an intelligence treasure trove of photographs and videos of top leaders visiting their most sensitive, secret nuclear sites.” — DEBKA FILE Sources IS THE IRANIAN REGIME BUSTED?

JERUSALEM POST: Netanhayu
'Trying to Drag United States
into a War Against Iran'
JERUSALEM POST: Gates:
No Blank Check from
U.S. to Israel on Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Imagine
How Bad the News would
be without President Obama
JERUSALEM POST: American
Opens Fire at Israeli Hotel;
Kills One, then Kills Self

Kayhan, Iran 'Enemies' Responsible for Rial Plunge; Stone to be Thrown Back at West “A clandestine, vast and heavy war has been waged against iRAN on a global scale and our colleagues at the Central Bank and other relevant bodies are working hard to find solutions � this is a real battle." — Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad IS END NIGH FOR THE MULLAHS?

Israel Hayom, Israel Has the United States Become a Wedge Issue in Politics of Israel? “In America, both Republicans and Democrats are accused of using Israel against each other to win votes ahead of elections. But now the tables seem to have turned as Netanyahu and Barak accuse each other of harming ties with the U.S. for the sake of political gain.” — COLUMNIST Mati Tuchfeld WHICH IS BETTER FOR U.S. TIES?

JERUSALEM POST: Ehud
Barak as 'Guardian� of
the Alliance with U.S.

Al Bawaba, Jordan Clashes Break Out in Tehran Over Arrests of Moneychangers “According to Iran's Central Bank, people keep a large amount of foreign currency and gold in homes, which has a negative effect on the economy. Unfortunately, some people think that their capital will vanish and flock to the currency and gold markets, which increases the demand and prices." — COMMANDER of Iran's National Police, General Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Anti-Islam Cartoons Violate Tenets of French Revolution “France's insistence on upholding principle of libery is admirable, but it must ask itself if by printing the anti-Islam caricatures it is not violating the third principle of the revolution � brotherhood � as the cartoons insult the Muslim minority.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Yaron Friedman

DEBKA FILE: Sabotage Enabled
Netanyahu to move Red Line
on Iran to the Spring of 2013

Kayhan, Iran President Ahmadinejad Tells U.N.: the 'Ultimate Savior' is Coming - with the Christ “God Almighty has promised us a man of kindness. ... The arrival of the ultimate savior, the Christ and the righteous, will begin an eternally bright future for man. Their arrival will breathe new life into the frozen body of the world." — PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad AHMADINEJAD: MESSAGE OF HOPE?

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israeli Politicians 'Deride' Netanyahu's U.N. Speech “He drew a pretty diagram, but he failed to draw an effective international road map toward stopping the nuclear program. ... Setting a red line unilaterally restricts Israel's maneuvering room and isolates the threat as a Jewish problem rather than an international one.” — Kadima Party Leader Shaul Mofaz

DEBKA FILE: Netanyahu Draws
Red Line on Iran, Amid 'Secret'
Talks with U.S. on Spring Attack

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader: Muslim Hatred of the 'Enemies' is a 'Wonderful' Thing “The seething reaction of Muslims, which pays homage to Islam's Prophet (PBUP) and reflects deep hatred toward the enemies, is a wonderful and important turn of events.' — SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei SUPREMO: BACKING VIOLENCE

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Palestinian President Abbas at the 67th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept .27, 00:35:00 "During the past months, attacks by terrorist militias of Israeli settlers have become a daily reality, with at least 535 attacks perpetrated since the beginning of this year. We are facing relentless waves of attacks against our people, our mosques, churches, our homes and schools.” — PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas ABBAS ASSERTS ISRAELI 'TERROR'

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu at 67th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept. 27, 00:32:27 "In 2009, they [Iran] brutally put down mass protests for democracy in their own country. Today, their henchmen are participating in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Syrian civilians, which includes thousands of children, who directly participating in this murder ... And of course, Iran�s rulers repeatedly deny the Holocaust and call for Israel�s destruction almost on a daily basis, as they did again this week from the United Nations.” — ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER Benyamin Netanyahu NETANYAHU MAKES CASE ON IRAN

Debka File, Israel Iranian Officers Reshape Assad's Shabbiha Militia “Debka File's military sources report exclusively that when the Shabbiha is slapped into its new military shape, Bashar Assad will have at his disposal an extra 60,000 professional Alawite soldiers under arms � the nucleus of a Syrian Revolutionary Guards Corps.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

JERUSALEM POST: What
Obama Didn't say at the U.N.

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Egypt President Morsi at 67th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept. 26, 00:40:40 "Egypt respects free expression that is not used to incite hatred. One that is not directed toward one specific religion or culture. A free expression that tackles extremism and violence. Not free expression that deepens ignorance and ignores others. But we also stand firmly against the use of violence in expressing objection to these obscenities.” — EGYPT PRESIDENT Mohamed Morsy PALESTINIANS AND FREE SPEECH

Gomhuria, Egypt Let Us Boycott and 'Put on Trial' Those Who Mock Prophet TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Come, let's hold a global public trial of the West to prosecute them for crimes against humanity and against the peoples of our region, such as those of looting our resources and the worst kind of exploitation of our people. ... The second step is to boycott it, provided that such a boycott is effective, decisive and true. ... We will not die for failing to deal with the West or its products. ” — COLUMNIST Galaa Gaballah BRING ON THE FOUR HORSEMEN?

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Amir of Qatar at 67th Opening of the U.N. General Assembly Sept .25, 00:16:28 "Remember that the American political and social experience was borne of civil war, which the nation had to go through to solify unity. The Europe we see now experienced terrible wars to achieve a unity that could not be achieved by arms or hegemony. ... I sat this to assure whoever cares about our world, that what is going on in our region is historic.” — Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani AMIR EXPLAINS ARAB UNREST

FARS News Agency, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps. Commander Warns Attack May Trigger 'World War III' “Our power rests on the basis of our strategy, which presumes that we will engage in a massive battle with a U.S.-led coalition.” — Brigadier General Hossein Salami of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

FARS News Agency, Iran An 'Overabundance' of Free Speech Tied to Islamophobia and Blasphemy “One cannot divorce the release of the anti-Islam film from the rampant Islamophobia in American society, where racists and extremists claim 'Western civilization is threatened with destruction at the hands of a Muslim plan for global domination!' — EDITORIAL, FARS News Agency TOO MUCH FREEDOM IN WEST?

Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Egypt 'Prophet Mohammad Endured Personal Insult without Retaliation' “Not only was the Prophet's message routinely rejected, but he was often chased out, cursed at, and physically assaulted. His example was to endure all personal insults and attack without retaliation of any sort. As he is our greatest example, this should be the reaction of all Muslims.” — Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa FOLLOW PROPHET'S EXAMPLE

Al-Jazeera TV, Qatar VIDEO: Free Speech? Are Muslims Being Provoked? Sept .20, 00:34:33 A new set of cartoons regarded as inflammatory by Muslims has been run by French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. What are the ramifications of the cartoons and the controversy over a trailer of an unreleased film, 'The Innocence of Muslims.' — AL-JAZEERA NEWS REPORT PROVOCATION OR FREE SPEECH?

Debka File, Israel Iran Pours More Troops into Syria; Targets Israel “Tehran is no longer hanging about waiting for its nuclear program to be attacked in order to punish Israel, but is preparing to launch strike on Israel from Lebanon, Syria.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

JERUSALEM POST: Neither
Bush nor Obama has Overcome
Arab Hatred of the West
JERUSALEM POST: Did
Bibi Just Throw Mitt
Romney Under the Bus?
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Bibi
'Stars' in U.S. Election Ad
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: U.S.
Jews Should Consider 'Grave
Consequences' of Voting Obama

Al Watan, Libya If the Prophet Can be Insulted, then one can Deny the Holocaust TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “If, as it claims, the United States believes in freedom to the extent that it gives its citizens the right to burn the American flag if they like � is it also possible to allow the production of films doubting the validity of the alleged Holocaust? ” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Mustafa Al-Ghar LIBYANS CONDEMN VIOLENCE

Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria Why Insulting the Prophet Never Fails to 'Pay Off Big' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Crass manipulations of the sacred inevitably end up succeeding. All that is needed is an obscure person to decide that he wants to become famous by planting the seeds of insult of the Prophet of Islam. ... the worst part of this entire affair is our propensity to fall into the coarsest of traps thanks to an incapacity to put reason over emotion - and manipulation.” — EDITORIAL, Le Quotidien d'Oran WILL REASON GOVERN EMOTION?

Al Watan, Libya Libyan Fatwa Court: Attack on Americans an 'Offense to Islam' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “What happened to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi is an offense to Islam, strengthens its enemies, and will tend to drive away anyone interested in Islam and seeking its victory.” — STATEMENT, the Libyan Fatwa Court LIBYANS CONDEMN VIOLENCE

Daily Star, Lebanon Influential Lebanon MP Says Israel is Behind Film to Defeat Obama “MP Walid Jumblatt accuses Israel of being behind a U.S. -made film insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad, saying it may be part of the Jewish state�s campaign against the re-election of Mr. Obama.” — NEWS ITEM, Daily Star ISRAEL TORPEDOING OBAMA?

Debka File, Israel Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahri 'Personally Ordered' Murder of American Ambassador “Debka File's counter-terror sources report that far from being a spontaneous raid by angry Islamists, the attack was a professionally-executed terror operation by an al-Qaeda assassination team.” — Debka File Sources

Sotal Iraq, Iraq America's Fully Justified 'Hatred' of Iraqi Shiites TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is Americans who have every right to hate Shiites - because Shiites are ungrateful. All they have is thanks to the Americans, who uprooted Saddam's regime and handed them power after centuries of Sunni persecution” — WRITER, Dr. Fariq Kamouna DO SHIITES OWE U.S. THANKS?

Al-Jazeera TV, Qatar VIDEO: What We Know About Anti-Islam Film Sept .12, 00:04:48 The two hour movie called 'Innocents of Muslims' is said to have cost $5 million to make, portrays the life of the Prophet Mohammad, and touches on themes of pedophilia, homosexuality.” — AL-JAZEERA NEWS REPORT FILM SPARKS ANTI-U.S. ANGER

The Tripoli Post, Libya Libyan Leaders 'Condemn' Killing of U.S. Ambassador “On behalf of the the presidency, government and the Libyan people, we offer deep condolences to the American government, people and families of the ambassador and the other victims [who were killed].” — PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT Mohamed Magariaf LIBYAN OFFICIALS ISSUE APOLOGIES

Jerusalem Post, Israel Netanyahu: World has No Right to Give Israel a 'Red Light' “Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines in front of Iran, don't have a moral right to put a red light before Israel.” — COLUMNIST Herb Keinon IS THIS U.S. ELECTIONEERING?

DEBKA FILE: By Refusing to
Meet Netanyahu, Obama
Sharpens his Iran Dilemma
JERUSALEM POST: Terra
Incognita: Disgrace, Tragedy
at U.S. Embassy in Cairo
JERUSALEM POST: U.S.
Democrats and Israelis
Split on Relations
JERUSALEM POST:
The War Against
the War on Terror
JERUSALEM POST: In Israel
and America, the Demise
of the Mainstream Media

Al-Jazeera TV, Qatar VIDEO: Demonstrators in Egypt and Libya Stormed U.S. Diplomatic Grounds Over Film on Muhammad Sept .11, 00:02:00 "Witnesses say an armed mob has attacked the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi; in Cairo, protesters tore down U.S. flag.” — CORRESPONDENT Sherine Tadros FILM SPARKS ANTI-U.S. ANGER

Al-Jazeera TV, Qatar VIDEO: Sept. 11, 2001: Fear, Anger and Politics Sept .11, 01:30:00 In this two-part documentary, Al Jazeera follows the stories of people caught up in the anti- terror crackdown that came after 9/11, who speak out about the injustices they have had to endure and their fears of rising Islamophobia. — AL-JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY AN ARAB-AMERICAN PERSECTIVE

Al Mesryoon, Egypt Mitt Romney: Can Such a 'Vacuous Figure' Lead the Strongest Nation? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “His acceptance speech makes one wonder: Is it possible for such a vacuous figure to lead the most powerful nation on earth? ... With the end of the speech, a pressing question came to mind: Will such a vacuous character become the first president to reduce America to deterioration, weakness and humiliation?” — COLUMNIST Dr. Muhammad Hisham Ragheb ROMNEY: LACKING GRAVITAS?

Jerusalem Post, Israel Knesset Speaker Rivlin Complains about Party Platform of Democrats “Speaker says Democrats' removal of Jerusalem as Israel's capital from their platform is a bigger issue than disputes over Iran.” — REPORTER Lahav Harkov JUST A GLARING OMISSION?

JERUSALEM POST: It's
Bad for Israel to Be U.S.
Campaign Issue: Livni
JERUSALEM POST: Is
Netanyahu Planning
an October Surprise?
JERUSALEM POST: Israel
Must Act Against Iran
- Before its Too Late
DEBKA FILE: CIA's Petraeus
Arrives to Cool Israeli Ire
DEBKA FILE: Slashed U.S.
Military Input Cuts Notice to
Israel of Iran Missile Launch
DEBKA FILE: Nasrallah: If
Israel attacks Iran, U.S.
Mideast Bases Will Pay Dearly
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama's
America Should Stop Seeking
New Models of Intervention
DEBKA FILE: U.S. 'Disowns'
Israel Over Iran Strike:
No Weapons or Backup

Khalijiya TV, Saudi Arabia VIDEO: Saudi Shura Council Member: 'Muslim Progress Can Come Only from West' Aug. 23, 00:05:11 "Anglo-Saxon culture is the source of modern civiliation. The problem with Arab societies is that were occupied - like Egypt and Iraq - is that the colonists left too early - before democracy was established.” — Saudi Shura Council Member Ibrahim Al-Buleihi MUST ARABS ACCEPT 'BACKWARDNESS'?

VIDEO: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader:
The 'War on Terror Is Dead '(Kehwer TV, Egypt)

Yedith Ahronot, Israel Israeli Court Rejects Corrie Family Civil Suit “Judge Oded Gershon ruled that pro-Palestinian activist run over by IDF bulldozer in 2003 'consciously put herself in harm's way'.” — REPORTER Ahiya Raved

ISRAEL HAYOM: Region
Becoming 'Increasingly
Volatile, More Islamist'
DEBKA FILE: Iran Forced
to Cancel 'Nuclear Tour'
After U.S. Pressure

Yedith Ahronot, Israel 'Apocalypse Now': The Trumped Up Iran Threat “I am outraged by the cheapness of the use of the term 'existential threat.' Isn't it enough for us to say 'serious' and 'grave?' All historical comparisons to the Holocaust come out of ideological school of thought.” — Former Military Intelligence Chief Major General Uri Saguy

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Iran Battle Will be an
'Asymmetric' Conflict
DEBKA FILE: U.S., U.K., French
Troops on 'Standby' to Seize
Syrian Chemical Weapons
DEBKA FILE: Egypt Shopping
for Missiles in China, Iran;
Obama, Netanyahu to Meet

An Nahar, Lebanon Hillary Clinton Discredits American Foreign Policy TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The image of Hillary in South Africa dancing enthusiastically exposed the ethical tone deaf head of American diplomacy. That picture tells residents of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo all they need to know about the cruelty of United States foreign policy.” — COLUMNIST Fouad Ajami DANCING TOWARD MEDIOCRITY?

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: Will Israel Strike Iran? And What Will Be the Consequences? Aug. 23, 00:25:24 We discuss the possibility of a strike, consequences for the entire world, and whether this is a ploy by Netenyahu to distract its general public from its domestic problems like unemployment and a protest movement against social injustice.” — HOST Koba Tofui IS THREAT OF WAR REAL?

VIDEO: How Iran is Preparing
for Threats Against it (Press TV, Iran)

VIDEO: 'Tel Aviv Will be on Fire
Before What is Left of Israeli Planes
Leave Our Airspace (Iran News, Iran)

VIDEO: The West is Bahaving
in an Incivilized Fashion, U.N.
Ambassador Says (Press TV, Iran)

Times of Israel, Israel Netanyahu �Determined to Attack Iran� Before the American Elections “I doubt Obama could say anything that would convince Netanyahu to delay a possible attack. ... Netanyahu is almost guaranteed a majority backing.” — Israel 10 Military Correspondent Ben-David

VIDEO: Israel Can Count
Only on Itself (Infoliove, Israel)

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'We Must
Make Iran Decision Now'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel Urges
U.S. to Decide on Iran Strike
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Gentlemen,
America is Telling you 'No'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Neither
U.S. Nor Israel can Destroy
Iran's Nuclear Program
DEBKA FILE: U.S.-Israel
Deal on Iran? No Israel Strike
if U.S. Pledges Spring Attack

Kayhan, Iran American Media Come Clean on U.S. Support for Terrorists in Syria “After war-mongering for over a year, America's mainstream media like The Washington Post and New York Times have been forced to admit that armed terrorists and not government forces are the ones who are indiscriminately killing citizens.” — EDITORIAL, Kayhan DOES AMERICA 'USE' TERRORISTS?

Times Live, South Africa Hillary Clinton Urges South Africa: Live up to Mandela “You are called to build on that legacy to ensure that your country fulfills its own promise and takes its place as a leader among nations and as a force for peace, opportunity, equality, democracy, and to stand up always for human rights at home and around the world.” — SECRETARY Hillary Clinton HILLARY MAKES A VISIT TO MANDELA

VIDEO: Hillary 'Shakes Her Money
Maker' in South Africa (Telegraph, U.K.)

VIDEO: Hillary Visits Housing
Project in South Africa (NTV, Kenya)

VIDEO: Clinton Urges Kenyans to Hold
'Free and Fair' Elections (NTV, Kenya)

VIDEO: Security Preparations
for Hillary in Kenya (NTV, Kenya)

VIDEO: Hillary with South Africa Foreign
Minister Nkoana-Mashabane (State Dept.)

MAIL & GUARDIAN: Hillary Clinton
Meets Nelson Mandela for Lunch
MAIL & GUARDIAN: Clinton
Warns Kenya about 'Voting Chaos'
PRETORIA NEWS: Clinton Stresses
South Africa's Vital Continental Role
TIMES LIVE: Clinton Comes
to South Africa Bearing Gifts
BUSINESS DAY LIVE:
Clinton Signs Deal for U.S.
Exit from AIDS Funding Fight

Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia Americans Compete in 'Israeli Olympics' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “As thousands of athletes from around the world are competing for gold, silver and bronze medals at the London Olympics, American President Barack 'Hussein' Obama is competing against Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney for an Olympic medal from Israel - oh excuse me - I meant the Israeli satisfaction medal.” — COLUMNIST Talel al-Kishkery IS POLITICS ALL ABOUT ISRAEL?

The Monitor, Uganda America Will Not Fix Our Problems “The frantic pleadings to meet Secretary Hillary Clinton are as gripping as they are saddening. It evinces the fragility of the opposition leaders.” — EDITORIAL, The Monitor

The Daily Star, Lebanon EDITORIAL: 'Romney the Dunce' “For many onlookers around the world, it not long ago seemed impossible for a U.S. politician to arise that was more ignorant than former President George W. Bush, but Mitt Romney�s international tour seems to have killed these hopes.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star ROMNEY: THE RETURN OF GEORGE W. BUSH?

JERUSALEM POST: What Romney
Should Have Learned in Israel
JERUSALEM POST: Mitt
Romney a 'Welcomed Visitor'
JERUSALEM POST: Jerusalem,
Mitt Romney, and Barack Obama
DEBKA FILE: Netanyahu: 'I Won't Let
Israel Face Iranian Atomic Threat'
JERUSALEM POST: Israel Spies
on America Spies on Israel:
U.S. Intelligence 'Incompetent'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'If I
were Iranian, I Would be
Fearful of the Coming Weeks'
DEBKA FILE: Khamenei Warns
Iran's Top Leaders: 'WAR IN WEEKS'

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel and the West Need Romney in the White House “They need Obama out. Because as a second-term president, he may become an immortal hero of the Chinese, Russians, Islamists and the rest of the people who 'support' Israel and the West.” — COLUMNIST Shaul Rosenfeld

JEWISH NEWS ONE
VIDEO: Israeli Coverage
of Mitt Romney's Arrival

JERUSALEM POST: Palestinian
Groups 'Insulted' By Romney's
Words and Actions in Israel
JERUSALEM POST: Romney
Raises Over $1 Million at
Presidential Fundraiser

Jerusalem Post, Israel Netanyahu to Romney: 'Sanctions Have Not Moved Iran a Single Iota' “I heard some of your remarks and you said that the greatest danger facing the world is the Iranian regime possessing nuclear weapons capability ... Mitt, I could not agree with you more.” — Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu NETANYAHU: A FRIENDLY FACE IN THE STORM

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Aide Says Romney Would
Back Israel if it Strikes Iran
DEBKA FILE: 'Ill Wind Blows
Between America and Israeli
Intelligence Over Iran Attack
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: A Syrian
Nightmare for Israel

Jerusalem Post, Israel Muslim Brotherhood's 'American Defenders'
MCCARTHYISM?	“In spearheading an initiative to investigate and change this state of affairs, Michelle Bachmann and her colleagues should be congratulated.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

JERUSALEM POST: Into The Fray:
The Rationale for Romney
JERUSALEM POST: Romney in
Israel After Rough Start to Tour

Okaz, Saudi Arabia Global �Passivity� Over Syria will End in Disaster TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Syrians who have risen up in a quest for freedom, dignity and a happier life will fail to achieve them if the global community remains passive after Assad�s fall. Syria and the entire region are headed toward a very dangerous situation, as terrorist groups expand and exploit the crisis.” — COLUMNIST Mishaal Al Fawazi NOW THE TERRORISTS MOVE IN

Jerusalem Post, Israel Where Romney Will Not Visit: The Knesset “Just as GOP leaders have found their Congressional caucus somewhat ... hard to control, Netanyahu also cannot count on his fellow Likudniks in the Knesset to roll out the red carpet for his visiting friend Mitt.” — COLUMNIST Rebecca Anna Stoil ISRAEL PREPARES FOR ROMNEY

JERUSALEM POST: Sheldon
Adelson Tries to Get U.S. Jews
to Do What they Usually Don't
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama
Campaign Doesn't 'Hold Fire'
as Romney Tours Abroad
JERUSALEM POST: U.S., Lockheed
Reach Deal on Israeli F-35 Jets
ISRAEL HAYOM: Romney Asserts
'Israel Deserves Better than Obama'
DEBKA FILE: 'Big' Russian Fleet Nears Syria

Khaleej Times, UAE Colorado: �Big Brother� United States Had Best Tend to its Own House “How, with this scale of mindless carnage, can the U.S. deign to issue directives to others? � One cannot blame the rest of the world for saying that Big Brother would be better off watching over its own brood and figuring out how its own brand of domestic policies is affecting its collective, disturbed mindset.” — EDITORIAL, United Arab Emirates TENDING TO THE HOME FRONT

Debka File, Israel Assad�s Top Men Killed by Hidden Bomb; Urgent Talks in Washington, Jerusalem “The elimination of Assad�s top security tier, leaders of his brutal campaign of suppression against the Syrian uprising sent shock waves reverberating across the Mideast. Armies are on high alert.” — Debka File Sources WAGING THE BATTLE FOR DAMASCUS

DEBKA FILE: Attacks on Israel
to Mount with Syria Escalation;
Strike Against Iran Looms
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Attack
Means Assad's Days Numbered

Islah News, Jordan Clinton Undaunted as Her Convoy Pelted with Shoes, Tomatoes, Water Bottles TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “One tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, while shoes and bottles of water were flung at armored vehicles carrying the Clinton convoy. � The political affiliation of the protesters was unclear, as protests are now the �norm� since Mubarak's fall.” — NEWS ITEM, Islah News U.S. FAVORS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD?

Haaretz, Israel To Jerusalem with love? Peres Tries to Lure Woody Allen to Film in Israel “In an interview with Yedioth Ahronot this month, Allen said even though he has criticized Israel in the past, he supports Israel. Since his wife is eager to visit the country, the couple will likely visit in the near future.” — REPORTER Nirit Anderman

DEBKA FILE: Israel Advised to
Brace for Syrian Missile Attack
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Clinton
Warns Iran During Israel Visit

Kayhan, Iran The Real Nuclear Challenge: Getting the West's Media to Care! “When was the last time we read anything about what should be the goal - getting rid of the over 20,000 'declared' nuclear weapons found on almost alll the world's continents?” — EDITORIAL, Kayhan TAKING OUR EYES OFF THE BALL?

Debka File, Israel Assad Issued 'Last Warning' on WMDs “The Syrian ruler was given a 'last warning' through intelligence channels in the West to leave its warheads and shells loaded with mustard gas, sarin and cyanide where they are. If he dared move them, they would be destroyed from the air,” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

DEBKA FILE: Israel Advised to
Brace for Syrian Missile Attack
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Clinton
Warns Iran During Israel Visit

Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, Palestinian Terroritories Like Hiroshima, Palestine and Yasser Arafat Endure TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Those who nuclear-bombed Arafat were under the illusion that they could dispirit the Palestinians. It's as if Hiroshima had disappeared or faded away. On the contrary, Hiroshima has become a shrine to the world's people who want to meditate on the results of crime and injustice.” — COLUMNIST Ali Sadek WHY WAS YASSER ARAFAT KILLED?

Kayhan, Iran President Ahmadinejad: �Zionist Capitalists� Pick United States Presidents “The American people lack freedom of choice; it is the Zionists, according to their needs, that decide who becomes the U.S. president.” — PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad DOES TINY ISRAEL RULE WORLD?

Debka File, Israel Two More U.S. Carriers and Dozens of UAV-Submarines Rushed to Strait of Hormuz “If Iran starts spreading mines in international waterways, i.e., the Strait of Hormuz, it will find U.S. forces ready to dismantle them.” — UNNAMED Western Military Official PREPARING FOR IRAN MOVE IN STRAIT

DEBKA FILE: Kremlin
Threatens to Better-Arm
Iran if Assad is Ousted
DEBKA FILE: Israel 'Perturbed'
by President Obama�s Outreach
to New Egyptian Leader

The Khaleej Times, UAE �True Spirit� of 1776 Applies to All of the World�s People “As America celebrates another Independence Day with aplomb and gaiety, it would timely for it to do some soul-searching on the role it plays internationally.” — EDITORIAL, The Khaleej Times REPRESENTING UNIVERSAL ASPIRATIONS

Zaman, Turkey Assad 'Wishes' Syria Had Not Downed Turkish Jet “I would, of course, leave if millions didn't want me. Why would I stay? I�ve never had an interest in the presidency. I wouldn't stay as a president for even a single day if the salvation of my country depended on my departure.” — SYRIA LEADER Bashar al-Assad

ZAMAN: Iran Nuclear
Talks Resume in Istanbul
ZAMAN: Last Chance for Syria?
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Beefs Up
Presence in Strait of Hormuz
as Iran Nuklear Talks Fade
DEBKA FILE: Assad Tells
Russia He Can Defeat
Revolt in Two Months
Yedioth Ahronot:
Blindness in Washington

Al Ahram, Egypt 'There is a Need for a Middle Eastern Ataturk' “Ataturk set Turkey, very deliberately, on a course of modernization - political and social - designed to create a modern Europe-type style, even if not European itself, in which religion would be practised by citizens as they individually see fit, but in which religion would not be a dominant 'political' force.” — Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski WILL EGYPT BE A NEW TURKEY?

AL AHRAM: America and
the Muslim Brotherhood

Debka File, Israel British Forces Reportedly in Syria; Assad Presidential Complex Said to be Attacked “Britain's reported incursion occurred at the tail end of Putin�s 24-hour visit to Israel and would have posed a direct challenge to his warning that Moscow won't tolerate Western intervention.” — Debka File Sources

JERUSALEM POST: Putin Arrives
in Israel to Discuss Iran, Syria
HAARTETZ: U.S., Israel Continue
Preparations for Strike on Iran
TIMES OF ISRAEL: Putin says
'Peaceful Israel' in Russian Interest
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Putin in Israel:
'Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Bomb.
No need for Israel to Strike'

An Nahar, Lebanon Russia�s Military Action in Syria is �Gift� to America TRANSLATED ARABIC “Russian involvement in Syria doesn't worry the U.S., as it breaks a pattern that has stood since the fall of the Soviet Union, whereby Americans get involved, and the Russians take advantage of American involvement. This time around, it seems Syria is the stage and Moscow is pushing to be on it.” — COLUMNIST Ali Hamada RUSSIA'S NEW QUAGMIRE?

Ma'ariv, Israel Russia�s �Sadomasochistic� Foreign Policy Win in Syria TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW “The Americans say � as Moscow succeeds, it will soon find Iran's nuclear missiles arrayed on its borders and a jihadist civil war in Syria. Such Russian success appears rather sadomasochistic.” — BROADCASTER Nadav Eyal HILLARY CALLS OUT THE KREMLIN

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran, Russia, China, Syria Planning Largest Mideast Wargames Ever “Twelve Chinese warships, Russian nuclear submarines, warships, aircraft carriers and mine-clearing vessels as well as Iran battleships and subs will participate.” — STATE-RUN FARS News

DEBKA FILE: Russia, China,
Iran Plan 'Biggest-Ever
Middle East Maneuvers
DEBKA FILE: U.S. and
Russia Deploy to Syria;
'Double Prey' for al-Qaeda

Ma'ariv, Israel Syria is Lebanon ... All Over Again TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW “This is a Lebanonization of Syria: the war in Syria could not only become one of religious bloodshed, but one between the proxy-powers themselves.” — BROADCASTER Nadav Eyal PROXIES INTO COMBATANTS?

DEBKA FILE: U.S.
Intervention in Syria:
'Not if but When'
DEBKA FILE: Russian Fleet
Heads to Syria; Flies Anti-Air,
Anti-Ship Missiles to Assad
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama and Jonathan Pollard
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: The Arab
Spring: Obama Still Doesn't Get it

Jerusalem Post, Israel Israelis Think Romney Would be 'Friendlier' “The fact that Israelis have conflicted attitudes toward U.S. President Barack Obama came out loud and clear in a poll released on Thursday.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi

Kitabat, Iraq Letter to President Obama on the Condition of Iraqis TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Mr. President, is the American government unable to help us? Having been in Iraq for so many years, why aren�t services like electricity and fresh running water available to people yet?” — Ahmed Samaoui, An Iraqi Citizen DO AMERICANS HAVE DUTY TO IRAQ?

FARS News Agency, Iran U.S. and Allies �Revive� al-Qaeda to Use in Syria “The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi THE REAL TERROR FIGHTERS?

Debka File, Israel Russia, Iran Back Away from Syria Conflict; Dump it into Washington's Lap “Sources report that Moscow has flatly rejected Mr. Obama's proposal to post 5,000 armed U.N. monitors in Syria, mostly Russian troops, as the core of a new plan to resolve Syria's crisis. Adding complications, the Syrian conflict and the Iran nuclear controversy are now inextricably intermeshed.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

An Nahar, Lebanon Syria is Another Iraq, with Israel Thrown In TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.” — COLUMNIST Samih Saab THE NEXT BATTLE ROYALE?

Debka File, Israel Iran Refuses to Join Syria Contact Group “Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Exiled Founder of
Revolutionary Guards Advises:
Target Regime Change -
Not Iran's Nuclear Program

Al-Raya, Qatar Assad Will Fail to Put Freedom �Genie� Back in its Bottle TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out � in search of liberty.” — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Saleh Bin �Afsan al-Kawari THE END OF THE BEGINNING?

Debka File, Israel Obama Nixes French-Saudi Plan to Assassinate Assad “At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Turkey
'Ditches' Syrian Rebels
DEBKA FILE: Obama Weighs
Action to Prevent al-Qaeda
from Grabbing Syrian WMDs

Al-Baath, Syria The United States and the �Global War Against Syria� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Abu Saluum al-Monasirah IS SYRIA THE WRONGED PARTY?

Debka File, Israel U.S.-Arab Exercise Drills Iran Landing; Syria Rebels Obtain German Weapons “Debka File�s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.” — DEBKA FILE Source

DEBKA FILE: Houla Atrocity:
The Outcome of P5+1
Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran
DEBKA FILE: Putin Withdraws
Weapons Ship from Syria Port

The Daily Star, Lebanon Daylight Massacre in Syria “Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Tide Turning
Against the Syria Regimne

Haaretz, Israel For Iran's Supreme Leader, Dialogue with U.S. No Longer Taboo “Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.” — COLUMNIST Zvi Bar'el

HAARETZ: 'No Gaps Exist'
Between U.S. and Israel
on Iran Nuclear Program

Debka File, Israel Dissapointed, Israel Withdraws Pledge Not to Attack Iran “After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran�s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Before
Baghdad Talks End, Japan
Breaks Iran Oil Embargo

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Why Arrest Dr. Shakil Afridi? Pakistan Has Some Explaining to Do “Wasn�t Pakistan always supportive of facilitating the capture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden by U.S. authorities?.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: Coverage of Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad May 25, 00:24:00 "Is the U.S. becomeing less confrontational? A fresh round of American Senate sanctions suggests otherwise.” — Iran's State-run mouthpiece, Press TV HAS REAL PROGRESS BEEN MADE?

Kitabat, Iraq Arab Nation Must Restore Lost Willingness to Fight! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Evil now penetrates our souls, destroying them perhaps fatally. It is in this way that they [the West] eliminated the incentive to fight from Germans (Nazi ideology) and from Japanese, thus turning Germany and Japan into civil states resigned to a life imposed by the victor.” — COLUMNIST Nashwan al-Jurayssi DO ARABS LACK MARTIAL SPIRIT?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Foreign Intervention: The Persian Paradox “If Iran is sincere about its rhetoric of peace and cooperation, it's not going about it the right way.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Israel Gives Obama's Interim Deal with Iran a Qualified OK “Debka File�s U.S. and Iran sources exclusively revealed the 8 points of the interim deal put forward by Washington and still awaiting the concurrence of Tehran.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

Modern Ghana, Ghana Uganda Re-Introduces Draconian Gay Law as Answer to U.S. Leader “In Uganda, there are two kinds of suspects: those who are arrested and make it to the courts; and those who are arrested and will never see a judge.” — CORRESPONDENT Stephanie J. Wearne BARARIC TREATMENT OF GAYS

Debka File, Israel Huge Drills Display U.S. Battle Plan Against Iran “Debka File�s military sources report that Washington timed the unveiling of the new battle strategy for May 10, two weeks before Six Power nuclear talks with Iran resume in Baghdad.” — Debka File Sources

DEBKA FILE: Iran Holds
First Large-Scale,
Offensive, Paratroop Drops

The Standard, Kenya As West Takes Bolder Steps, Kenyan 'Sex Rights' Debate Rages “Faith groups strongly oppose proposals to enact laws that protect homosexuals and members of the sex industry.” — NEWS ITEM, The Standard

THE NATION: Kenyan
Muslim Clerics Fault
Obama on Gay Marriage

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel's Gay Pride “Israel is not a country that treats homosexuals the way the Palestinian Authority and the nations in the Arab world do.” — COLUMNIST Giulio Meotti

The Zimbabwe Mail, Zimbabwe Obama's Gay Stance Called �Worst Form of Satanism� “This is why America�s claim of upholding human rights should never be trusted. And this is also why Obama should be condemned as unfit to rule � If Americans vote for him, they will have been turned into nothing better than animals.” — Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of the Chief�s Council of Zimbabwe and a Mugabe loyalist MUGABE AND FRIENDS INSULT GAYS

Mail & Guardian, South Africa South Africa: Reason to be Proud, but Vigilant, on Homosexual Rights “South Africans could be forgiven a shrug of the shoulder in response [to Obama's announcement], and some justified pride that the question has long since been settled in our much younger democracy. What South Africans cannot afford is complacency.” — EDITORIAL, Mail & Guardian

Jerusalem Post, Israel Former Security Chief 'Slams' 'Messianic' Netanyahu on Iran “Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about effectiveness of a strike on Iran.” — REPORTER Yaakov Lappin

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Diskin�s Attacks
called �Irresponsible,� Motivated by
�Frustration,�: Source Close to PM
HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Diskin's Iran Salvo

Al Qabas, Kuwait Iraq�s Political �Sheep� Keep Blaming America TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Even though America has in fact withdrawn and has therefore ended the Iraq occupation, Green Zone politicians are the first to behave as though there has been no withdrawal, blaming the United States for every problem and all the tension that Iraq continues to experience.” — COLUMNIST Abd al-Zahra al-Rukaby

Debka File, Israel Beijing Steps Back from Assad in Note to Obama “The latest message received in the latter half of last week said: China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad's regime.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Egyptian Islamists
Derail American Attempt to
Smooth Egypt-Israel Tensions
HAARETZ: Israel Defense
Forces Chief Doubts Iran
will Develop Nuke Weapons
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: New
details Uncovered in
CIA Anti-Semitism Case

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran Reveals Captured American Drone Data to �Discourage� Pentagon “I am providing four clues to let the Americans know how deeply we are able to penetrate (the intelligence systems and devices) within this American spy drone.” — Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander U,S. DRONE: BACK-ENGINEERED?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Can Learn from American Presidential Race TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's fair to say that to some extent, there is fairness in presenting the ideas of both parties and enabling a heated debate without insults, where everyone can express their points of view before allowing voters to decide for themselves.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Hamdi Radwan APPRECIATING THE CLASH OF IDEAS

Al Jazeera, Qatar Argentina 'Storms Out' of the Americas Summit “Kirchner was furious, we are told, because of the lack of full, complete support for Argentina's claim of control of the Falkand Islands ... We understand she was very, very angry that leaders did not even mention the dispute over the islands with the UK. She was overheard saying, 'This is pointless. ... Why did I even come here?'” — CORRESPONDENT Lucia Newman TENSION OVER FALKLANDS AND CUBA

Debka File, Israel Iran Warns 'U.S.-Gulf Arab Air Force' to Stop Exercise “Just after the exercise began, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Rouhullah Qahremani warned Kuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Sabah that the Iranian air force and navy would attack Gulf nations taking part unless they withdrew now.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Secret U.S.-Israel
Accord Permits Iran to Keep
3.5 Percent Enriched Uranium
HAARETZ: Israel has to Give
Iran Nuclear Talks a Chance
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Don't Let
Jon Pollard Die in U.S. Prison

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Kurdish Leader Warns U.S. of �New Iraqi Dictatorship� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The American position should be clear, and should manifest itself as a demand that a new dictator not be permitted to emerge in Iraq. � Iraq is now confronting a real crisis. There is only one party and one group consolidating power in Iraq.” — PRESIDENT of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani IS IRAQI 'DEMOCRACY' UNRAVELING?

Haaretz, Israel A Tiny Request on the Eve of War Against Iran “One might expect the prime minister - who keeps bringing up the Holocaust and swearing that it will never be repeated - to recall that millions of Jews were gassed to death, and pay more attention to the danger of chemical warfare. Give us gas masks. Time is running out.” — COLUMNIST Aner Shalev

DEBKA FILE: What were
the Six Points Obama sent
Khamenei through Turkey?
HAARETZ: Have Netanyahu
and Obama Agreed on the
Outcome of Talks with Iran?

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran Obama Follows Eisenhower's 1953 Iranian Coup Playbook “Obama�s comments bring to mind the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At the time, the CIA spent $6 million to topple the democratically-elected Mohammad Mossadeq government. ... And why? Because Mossadeq had pursued a national campaign to nationalize the Iranian oil industry." — EDITORIAL, Islamic Republic News Agency WHEN U.S.-IRAN RIVALRY GOT STARTED

Debka File, Israel Moscow Set to Counter Iran Strike; 'Shadowy' U.S.-Led Drill with Israel, Greece Underway “Our military sources infer from the unusually broad area covered by the air and navy exercise - almost the entire eastern Mediterranean - that it is designed to simulate action in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE : Clinton Spurns
Despairing Syrian Opposition
Appeal for 'Token' Safe Haven
HAARETZ: Israel's U.S. Envoy:
Award to Helen Thomas Shows
Palestinians Not Ready for Peace

Zaman, Turkey Turkey, America and 'No One's World' “Turkey and the United States agree on values like democracy, human rights, gender equality and others. The Arab Awakening revealed once again how much such values matter.” — COLUMNIST Suat Kiniklioglu

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iran, Iraq and Our �Common Enemy� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Who is this �common enemy� referred to by Iran's president? ... The statements of President Ahmadinejad represent a bald- faced attempt to draw Iraq into Iran�s extremist trench with the goal of making Iraq foot the bill for Iran�s foreign policy hostility toward the Americans.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah al-Etabi RESENTMENT OVER IRANIAN MEDDLING

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iraq's Promised Day Brigade Says Released Captive Was U.S. Soldier TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “U.S. Embassy claims that he is not a soldier are a desperate attempt to cover up the epic failure of American occupation forces, and Washington�s reluctance to disclose the dimensions of that loss to the American people.” — STATEMENT By Promised Day Brigade HE'S BACK!: SHIITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR

Haaretz, Israel Israel's Plan to Attack Iran Put on Hold Until Next Year “Damning U.S. war simulation forces Ehud Barak to reconsider attack plans; Israel has no real option to attack in contravention of U.S. declarations and warnings.” — CORRESPONDENT Amir Oren

HAARETZ: U.S. Report says Iran
Could Recover from Attack on
Nuclear Sites Within Six Months
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: Neither
U.S. nor Israel Knows Where
all of Iran's Nuke Facilities Are
JERUSALEM POST: Israel Warns
Against Talks with Iran while
Nuclear Program Continues

Azzaman, Iraq Al-Sadr Militia Releases American Captive �without Asking Anything in Return� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Michaels was released under the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr without any compensation as a gift to the family and friends of the soldier and as a way of rectifying Islam's public image.” — NEWS ITEM, Azzaman AL-SADR FLEXES DOMESTIC MUSCLES

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Shame on Algerian Officials for Payout to U.S. Oil Co. Anadarko TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The chain of responsibility rises up to the highest level of state. Indeed, nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run oil firm and the nations�s central provider of financial resources, is done before being agreed to by those at the top echelons of power.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib PAYING BIG TO COVER UP INCOMPETENCE

Kayhan, Iran American �Killed Afghans to Divert Attention from Burnings of Holy Quran� “the massacre of innocent Afghans by a U.S. soldier was a deliberate effort to divert attention from its desecration of the Quran. Fully understanding its power to rule and change the world, the Western powers are hostile to Islam.” — IRANIAN CLERIC Ayatollah Muhammad Emami-Kashani

Khaleej Times, UAE Trial of Robert Bales will Put U.S. Government in the Dock “This shunning of the mentally injured is a fact that has yet to be confronted. In the minds of U.S. combatants, the confusion is stark and real. But instead of being treated like heroes for risking life and limb for the cause, whatever that cause may be, �Johnny� does not come marching home to a warm and heartfelt reception.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times MENTALLY ILL OR UNDISCIPLINED ROGUE?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Withdraw from Afghanistan “In a no-win situation, the best thing to do is cut your losses. All indicators in the situation lead to the conclusion that the sooner these troops leave, the better it will be for everybody involved.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Al-Gomhuriah, Egypt 'How will Egypt Regain Custody of American Fugitives?': Protesters TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “In a state of shocked amazement, people are asking the attorney general to react to the ruling of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to get the escaped fugitives back to Egypt.” — NEWS ITEM, Al-Gomhuriah 'SHOCKED DISBELIEF' IN EGYPT

Israel National News, Israel Israel's U.N. Ambassador: 'Arab Countries Support Iran Attack' “We saw the Saudi ambassador speak out against Iran; you see the Gulf Arab states speak out against Syria. Syria's representative is speaking against the Bahrainis and the Saudis. These are things that didn't happen before. There are common interests between states like Saudi Arabia and Israel, and we need to find a way to promote them, but I won�t elaborate further.” — Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

DEBKA FILE: Obama Plans
July Visit to Israel; Is that
before or After Iran Strike?
HAARETZ: 'Harpaz' in America
HAARETZ: U.S. Won't Save
Israel from Hanging Itself
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Why
Israel Must Strike Iran
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama's Brilliant AIPAC Speech

The Daily Star, Lebanon The U.S. and Israel: 'Playground Allies' “Sounding like an ally in the playground, Obama told Netanyahu that the United States 'will always have Israel's back.' Now he has now shown the Arab world that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is ruled by hypocrisy.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel 'Trust America's President' “Unlike Netanyau, Obama is the responsible adult who can be trusted to handle Iran.” — COLUMNIST Smadar Shir

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
'I Don't Trust Obama'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Would
U.S. Rescue Israeli Pilots?
DEBKA FILE: America Warns
Syrian WMD's Ahead of Iran's
DEBKA FILE: Alongside Diplomacy
for Iran, U.S. Provides Bunker-
Busters, Aerial Refueling for Israel

Jeune Afrique, Senegal 'Oddball Extremist' Santorum Could Make Barack Obama's Day TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “As one of his critics said, the former Pennsylvania senator would be one of the greatest minds � of the nineteenth century.” — COLUMNIST Jean-Eric Boulin BEMUSING PEOPLE ABROAD

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: 'Obama Betrays Americans for Israel' Feb. 24, 00:02:14 To me as an American, it is shameful to stand and watch your president really grovel like this, and lose authority by begging these people.” — Lebanese-American Writer Sarah Marusek, on Obama's Recent Appearance at AIPAC [Watch that below[ KNOCKING AMERICAN PRIORITIES

VIDEO: President Obama Speaks
at the Israel-America Public Affairs
Committee, March 4, 00:32:59

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Tells Obama: 'I Have Yet to Decide Whether to Attack Iran' “If this is resolved with diplomacy, great. But we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The pressure on Tehran has indeed been increased, but time is getting short.” — ISRAEL PROME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu A MEETING OF THE MINDS?

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Prime Minister Netanyahu
Meets President Obama

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
'We Came to AIPAC Because
of Our Love for Israel'

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Protesters Seek to Disrupt AIPAC

HAARETZ: After Meeting with Obama,
Netanyahu says World United on Iran
HAARETZ: Obama-Netanyahu
White House Masquerade Ball
HAARETZ: Netanyahu and Obama
Play 'High-Stakes Poker' Over Iran
HAARETZ: Netanyahu Can't Afford
to Gamble Security on Conspiracies
DEBKA FILE: Obama Tells AIPAC,
Diplomatic Pressure will bring
Tehran to the Right Decision
DEBKA FILE: Adamant Obama
Confronts Netanyahu about
Making Lone Decision on Iran
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama
to Use Charm, Far-Reaching
Pledges to Pursuade Netanyahu
HAARETZ: Netanyahu Can't
Afford to Gamble Israel's
Security on Conspiracies
JERUSALEM POST: Netanyahu
Praises Obama's AIPAC Speech

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'Hide the February 20th Movement from Me' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “If she had received them, Mrs. Clinton would have heard a view of the situation in Morocco that contradicts the one developed by the Obama Administration.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib HILLARY: NOT RUFFLING FEATHERS?

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria The 'Brutality of the World', According to Vladimir Putin TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Analysts have spoken, thanks to the Russia-China veto of U.N. pplans to intervene in Syria, about a return to the Cold War. Viewed from Russia House, this Cold War is fueled by NATO's expansion and is coupled with the desire to limit Russia's influence in international affairs.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim PUTIN: VIEWS THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED

Al-Ahram, Egypt The Third Man: Egyptian Fears of the Foreign Plot “Fears of a foreign-led plot against Egypt are not new, nor are they accidental.” — COLUMNIST Bel Trew

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Faces Tough Decision Should Obama Not Give Green Light on Iran “If Obama turns him down, Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes on about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House meeting as the loneliest person in the world.” — COLUMNIST Yossi Verter

DEBKA FILE: Barack Obama Cautions
Against a 'Premature Attack' on Iran
DEBKA FILE: Pentagon
Prepares 'Aerial Fueling' for
Israeli Planes Striking Iran
JERUSALEM POST:
Netanyahu Warns Against
Renewed Talks with Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Israel is
Becoming Footnote U.S. Eyes

Kayhan, Iran Muslim Silence in the Face of U.S. Quran Burning 'Unjustifiable' “A clandestine conspiracy is underway by Americans, who want to assess the religious sensitivity of the Afghan population.” — AFGHAN ANALYST Vahid Mojdeh A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt What does the CIA Have to do with Democracy and NGO's? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The stated goals of these U.S. NGOs are just a cover for other, hidden plans that undermine Egyptian interests, particularly if those interests collide with those of the United States.” — COLUMNIST Makram Muhammad Ahmad AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu will ask Obama to Threaten Strike on Iran “Despite lack of trust on both sides, intensive preparations are underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

HAARETZ: Israel Would Not
Warn U.S. before Iran Strike:
Israeli Intelligence Source
DEBKA FILE: U.S. and Israel
Update Iran Intelligence for
Obama-Netanyahu Summit
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
WikiLeaks - Russia gave Israel
Iranian Missile System Codes
DEBKA FILE: Russia Upgrades
Syria Electronic Station to
Warn of U.S. or Isreal Attack

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Anti-U.S. Protests Continue in Afghanistan Feb. 24, 00:02:14 “In the four days of protesting since the discovery of burned Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25 people have been killed, including two American troops.” — Al-Jazeera News Report BURNED QURANS SPARK FOR RIOTING

Debka File, Israel U.S., France, Britain, Turkey, Italy Prepare to Intervene in Syria “Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the Syria crisis are quietly afoot. ... President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: If Israel Strikes
Iran, It Will be Because
Obama Didn't Stop It
HAARETZ: Israel Could
Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities,
but it Will Not Be Easy

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Refuse to Accept What America Would Reject TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Would the United States accept what these NGOs were doing here - undermining U.S. sovereignty - on American soil? It would absolutely refuse. So why should we accept it?” — COLUMNIST, Dr. Mahmud Madi AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Intelligence Chief Warns of Enemy Plots in Almost 'Every Field' “The enemy has hatched plots against the Islamic Republic in almost every field .This makes it more important than ever for Iranian officials and the nation to deal with all open issues of security.” — Iran Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi GOOD REASON TO BE PARANOID?

Debka File, Israel Netanyahu Feels 'Cheated' and 'Betrayed' by American Moves to Reach Out to Iran “Netanyahu has said he feels cheated. By its actions the Obama administration leaves Israel with no recourse other than to grapple with the Iranian menace on its own.” — -- DEBKA File Sources

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait Russia is 'Bloodthirsty' and China is 'Misguided' for Vetoing Syria Action TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is a truism to say that Russia has never bet on a winning horse. But sad to say, the most painful turn of events has been the conversion of China into the acolyte of a mafia-controlled country.” — Editor in Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah GULF ARAB DISAPPOINTMENT

Debka File, Israel Iranian Offensives Meet with Sluggish U.S./Israel Response

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Will
America Sacrifice Israel?
JERUSALEM POST: Romney:
'Man of the (Rich) People'

Fars News Agency, Iran Son of Director Oliver Stone Becomes a Shiite Muslim in Iran's Isfahan “The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. � It means I've accepted Mohammad and other prophets.” — Documentarian Sean Stone STONE: A SURPRISING DECISION?

Al-Ahram, Egypt Raids on Offices of U.S. NGOs Reveal Plot to 'Partition' Egypt TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The goal is partition of the region's largest country into smaller nations that would be incapable of facing down the major global blocs.” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Dunia DANCE BEGINS OVER DETAINED AMERICANS

FARS News Agency, Iran U.S. and Allies �Revive� al-Qaeda to Use in Syria “The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi THE REAL TERROR FIGHTERS?

Debka File, Israel Russia, Iran Back Away from Syria Conflict; Dump it into Washington's Lap “Sources report that Moscow has flatly rejected Mr. Obama's proposal to post 5,000 armed U.N. monitors in Syria, mostly Russian troops, as the core of a new plan to resolve Syria's crisis. Adding complications, the Syrian conflict and the Iran nuclear controversy are now inextricably intermeshed.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

An Nahar, Lebanon Syria is Another Iraq, with Israel Thrown In TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.” — COLUMNIST Samih Saab THE NEXT BATTLE ROYALE?

Debka File, Israel Iran Refuses to Join Syria Contact Group “Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Exiled Founder of
Revolutionary Guards Advises:
Target Regime Change -
Not Iran's Nuclear Program

Al-Raya, Qatar Assad Will Fail to Put Freedom �Genie� Back in its Bottle TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out � in search of liberty.” — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Saleh Bin �Afsan al-Kawari THE END OF THE BEGINNING?

Debka File, Israel Obama Nixes French-Saudi Plan to Assassinate Assad “At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Turkey
'Ditches' Syrian Rebels
DEBKA FILE: Obama Weighs
Action to Prevent al-Qaeda
from Grabbing Syrian WMDs

Al-Baath, Syria The United States and the �Global War Against Syria� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Abu Saluum al-Monasirah IS SYRIA THE WRONGED PARTY?

Debka File, Israel U.S.-Arab Exercise Drills Iran Landing; Syria Rebels Obtain German Weapons “Debka File�s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.” — DEBKA FILE Source

DEBKA FILE: Houla Atrocity:
The Outcome of P5+1
Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran
DEBKA FILE: Putin Withdraws
Weapons Ship from Syria Port

The Daily Star, Lebanon Daylight Massacre in Syria “Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Tide Turning
Against the Syria Regimne

Haaretz, Israel For Iran's Supreme Leader, Dialogue with U.S. No Longer Taboo “Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.” — COLUMNIST Zvi Bar'el

HAARETZ: 'No Gaps Exist'
Between U.S. and Israel
on Iran Nuclear Program

Debka File, Israel Dissapointed, Israel Withdraws Pledge Not to Attack Iran “After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran�s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Before
Baghdad Talks End, Japan
Breaks Iran Oil Embargo

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Why Arrest Dr. Shakil Afridi? Pakistan Has Some Explaining to Do “Wasn�t Pakistan always supportive of facilitating the capture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden by U.S. authorities?.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: Coverage of Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad May 25, 00:24:00 "Is the U.S. becomeing less confrontational? A fresh round of American Senate sanctions suggests otherwise.” — Iran's State-run mouthpiece, Press TV HAS REAL PROGRESS BEEN MADE?

Kitabat, Iraq Arab Nation Must Restore Lost Willingness to Fight! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Evil now penetrates our souls, destroying them perhaps fatally. It is in this way that they [the West] eliminated the incentive to fight from Germans (Nazi ideology) and from Japanese, thus turning Germany and Japan into civil states resigned to a life imposed by the victor.” — COLUMNIST Nashwan al-Jurayssi DO ARABS LACK MARTIAL SPIRIT?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Foreign Intervention: The Persian Paradox “If Iran is sincere about its rhetoric of peace and cooperation, it's not going about it the right way.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Israel Gives Obama's Interim Deal with Iran a Qualified OK “Debka File�s U.S. and Iran sources exclusively revealed the 8 points of the interim deal put forward by Washington and still awaiting the concurrence of Tehran.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

Modern Ghana, Ghana Uganda Re-Introduces Draconian Gay Law as Answer to U.S. Leader “In Uganda, there are two kinds of suspects: those who are arrested and make it to the courts; and those who are arrested and will never see a judge.” — CORRESPONDENT Stephanie J. Wearne BARARIC TREATMENT OF GAYS

Debka File, Israel Huge Drills Display U.S. Battle Plan Against Iran “Debka File�s military sources report that Washington timed the unveiling of the new battle strategy for May 10, two weeks before Six Power nuclear talks with Iran resume in Baghdad.” — Debka File Sources

DEBKA FILE: Iran Holds
First Large-Scale,
Offensive, Paratroop Drops

The Standard, Kenya As West Takes Bolder Steps, Kenyan 'Sex Rights' Debate Rages “Faith groups strongly oppose proposals to enact laws that protect homosexuals and members of the sex industry.” — NEWS ITEM, The Standard

THE NATION: Kenyan
Muslim Clerics Fault
Obama on Gay Marriage

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel's Gay Pride “Israel is not a country that treats homosexuals the way the Palestinian Authority and the nations in the Arab world do.” — COLUMNIST Giulio Meotti

The Zimbabwe Mail, Zimbabwe Obama's Gay Stance Called �Worst Form of Satanism� “This is why America�s claim of upholding human rights should never be trusted. And this is also why Obama should be condemned as unfit to rule � If Americans vote for him, they will have been turned into nothing better than animals.” — Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of the Chief�s Council of Zimbabwe and a Mugabe loyalist MUGABE AND FRIENDS INSULT GAYS

Mail & Guardian, South Africa South Africa: Reason to be Proud, but Vigilant, on Homosexual Rights “South Africans could be forgiven a shrug of the shoulder in response [to Obama's announcement], and some justified pride that the question has long since been settled in our much younger democracy. What South Africans cannot afford is complacency.” — EDITORIAL, Mail & Guardian

Jerusalem Post, Israel Former Security Chief 'Slams' 'Messianic' Netanyahu on Iran “Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about effectiveness of a strike on Iran.” — REPORTER Yaakov Lappin

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Diskin�s Attacks
called �Irresponsible,� Motivated by
�Frustration,�: Source Close to PM
HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Diskin's Iran Salvo

Al Qabas, Kuwait Iraq�s Political �Sheep� Keep Blaming America TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Even though America has in fact withdrawn and has therefore ended the Iraq occupation, Green Zone politicians are the first to behave as though there has been no withdrawal, blaming the United States for every problem and all the tension that Iraq continues to experience.” — COLUMNIST Abd al-Zahra al-Rukaby

Debka File, Israel Beijing Steps Back from Assad in Note to Obama “The latest message received in the latter half of last week said: China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad's regime.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran Reveals Captured American Drone Data to �Discourage� Pentagon “I am providing four clues to let the Americans know how deeply we are able to penetrate (the intelligence systems and devices) within this American spy drone.” — Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander U,S. DRONE: BACK-ENGINEERED?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Can Learn from American Presidential Race TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's fair to say that to some extent, there is fairness in presenting the ideas of both parties and enabling a heated debate without insults, where everyone can express their points of view before allowing voters to decide for themselves.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Hamdi Radwan APPRECIATING THE CLASH OF IDEAS

Al Jazeera, Qatar Argentina 'Storms Out' of the Americas Summit “Kirchner was furious, we are told, because of the lack of full, complete support for Argentina's claim of control of the Falkand Islands ... We understand she was very, very angry that leaders did not even mention the dispute over the islands with the UK. She was overheard saying, 'This is pointless. ... Why did I even come here?'” — CORRESPONDENT Lucia Newman TENSION OVER FALKLANDS AND CUBA

Debka File, Israel Iran Warns 'U.S.-Gulf Arab Air Force' to Stop Exercise “Just after the exercise began, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Rouhullah Qahremani warned Kuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Sabah that the Iranian air force and navy would attack Gulf nations taking part unless they withdrew now.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Kurdish Leader Warns U.S. of �New Iraqi Dictatorship� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The American position should be clear, and should manifest itself as a demand that a new dictator not be permitted to emerge in Iraq. � Iraq is now confronting a real crisis. There is only one party and one group consolidating power in Iraq.” — PRESIDENT of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani IS IRAQI 'DEMOCRACY' UNRAVELING?

Haaretz, Israel A Tiny Request on the Eve of War Against Iran “One might expect the prime minister - who keeps bringing up the Holocaust and swearing that it will never be repeated - to recall that millions of Jews were gassed to death, and pay more attention to the danger of chemical warfare. Give us gas masks. Time is running out.” — COLUMNIST Aner Shalev

DEBKA FILE: What were
the Six Points Obama sent
Khamenei through Turkey?
HAARETZ: Have Netanyahu
and Obama Agreed on the
Outcome of Talks with Iran?

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran Obama Follows Eisenhower's 1953 Iranian Coup Playbook “Obama�s comments bring to mind the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At the time, the CIA spent $6 million to topple the democratically-elected Mohammad Mossadeq government. ... And why? Because Mossadeq had pursued a national campaign to nationalize the Iranian oil industry." — EDITORIAL, Islamic Republic News Agency WHEN U.S.-IRAN RIVALRY GOT STARTED

Debka File, Israel Moscow Set to Counter Iran Strike; 'Shadowy' U.S.-Led Drill with Israel, Greece Underway “Our military sources infer from the unusually broad area covered by the air and navy exercise - almost the entire eastern Mediterranean - that it is designed to simulate action in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE : Clinton Spurns
Despairing Syrian Opposition
Appeal for 'Token' Safe Haven
HAARETZ: Israel's U.S. Envoy:
Award to Helen Thomas Shows
Palestinians Not Ready for Peace

Zaman, Turkey Turkey, America and 'No One's World' “Turkey and the United States agree on values like democracy, human rights, gender equality and others. The Arab Awakening revealed once again how much such values matter.” — COLUMNIST Suat Kiniklioglu

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iran, Iraq and Our �Common Enemy� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Who is this �common enemy� referred to by Iran's president? ... The statements of President Ahmadinejad represent a bald- faced attempt to draw Iraq into Iran�s extremist trench with the goal of making Iraq foot the bill for Iran�s foreign policy hostility toward the Americans.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah al-Etabi RESENTMENT OVER IRANIAN MEDDLING

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iraq's Promised Day Brigade Says Released Captive Was U.S. Soldier TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “U.S. Embassy claims that he is not a soldier are a desperate attempt to cover up the epic failure of American occupation forces, and Washington�s reluctance to disclose the dimensions of that loss to the American people.” — STATEMENT By Promised Day Brigade HE'S BACK!: SHIITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR

Haaretz, Israel Israel's Plan to Attack Iran Put on Hold Until Next Year “Damning U.S. war simulation forces Ehud Barak to reconsider attack plans; Israel has no real option to attack in contravention of U.S. declarations and warnings.” — CORRESPONDENT Amir Oren

Azzaman, Iraq Al-Sadr Militia Releases American Captive �without Asking Anything in Return� TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Michaels was released under the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr without any compensation as a gift to the family and friends of the soldier and as a way of rectifying Islam's public image.” — NEWS ITEM, Azzaman AL-SADR FLEXES DOMESTIC MUSCLES

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Shame on Algerian Officials for Payout to U.S. Oil Co. Anadarko TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The chain of responsibility rises up to the highest level of state. Indeed, nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run oil firm and the nations�s central provider of financial resources, is done before being agreed to by those at the top echelons of power.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib PAYING BIG TO COVER UP INCOMPETENCE

Kayhan, Iran American �Killed Afghans to Divert Attention from Burnings of Holy Quran� “the massacre of innocent Afghans by a U.S. soldier was a deliberate effort to divert attention from its desecration of the Quran. Fully understanding its power to rule and change the world, the Western powers are hostile to Islam.” — IRANIAN CLERIC Ayatollah Muhammad Emami-Kashani

Khaleej Times, UAE Trial of Robert Bales will Put U.S. Government in the Dock “This shunning of the mentally injured is a fact that has yet to be confronted. In the minds of U.S. combatants, the confusion is stark and real. But instead of being treated like heroes for risking life and limb for the cause, whatever that cause may be, �Johnny� does not come marching home to a warm and heartfelt reception.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times MENTALLY ILL OR UNDISCIPLINED ROGUE?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Withdraw from Afghanistan “In a no-win situation, the best thing to do is cut your losses. All indicators in the situation lead to the conclusion that the sooner these troops leave, the better it will be for everybody involved.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Al-Gomhuriah, Egypt 'How will Egypt Regain Custody of American Fugitives?': Protesters TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “In a state of shocked amazement, people are asking the attorney general to react to the ruling of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to get the escaped fugitives back to Egypt.” — NEWS ITEM, Al-Gomhuriah 'SHOCKED DISBELIEF' IN EGYPT

Israel National News, Israel Israel's U.N. Ambassador: 'Arab Countries Support Iran Attack' “We saw the Saudi ambassador speak out against Iran; you see the Gulf Arab states speak out against Syria. Syria's representative is speaking against the Bahrainis and the Saudis. These are things that didn't happen before. There are common interests between states like Saudi Arabia and Israel, and we need to find a way to promote them, but I won�t elaborate further.” — Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

The Daily Star, Lebanon The U.S. and Israel: 'Playground Allies' “Sounding like an ally in the playground, Obama told Netanyahu that the United States 'will always have Israel's back.' Now he has now shown the Arab world that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is ruled by hypocrisy.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel 'Trust America's President' “Unlike Netanyau, Obama is the responsible adult who can be trusted to handle Iran.” — COLUMNIST Smadar Shir

Jeune Afrique, Senegal 'Oddball Extremist' Santorum Could Make Barack Obama's Day TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “As one of his critics said, the former Pennsylvania senator would be one of the greatest minds � of the nineteenth century.” — COLUMNIST Jean-Eric Boulin BEMUSING PEOPLE ABROAD

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: 'Obama Betrays Americans for Israel' Feb. 24, 00:02:14 To me as an American, it is shameful to stand and watch your president really grovel like this, and lose authority by begging these people.” — Lebanese-American Writer Sarah Marusek, on Obama's Recent Appearance at AIPAC [Watch that below[ KNOCKING AMERICAN PRIORITIES

VIDEO: President Obama Speaks
at the Israel-America Public Affairs
Committee, March 4, 00:32:59

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Tells Obama: 'I Have Yet to Decide Whether to Attack Iran' “If this is resolved with diplomacy, great. But we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The pressure on Tehran has indeed been increased, but time is getting short.” — ISRAEL PROME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu A MEETING OF THE MINDS?

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Prime Minister Netanyahu
Meets President Obama

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
'We Came to AIPAC Because
of Our Love for Israel'

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'Hide the February 20th Movement from Me' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “If she had received them, Mrs. Clinton would have heard a view of the situation in Morocco that contradicts the one developed by the Obama Administration.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib HILLARY: NOT RUFFLING FEATHERS?

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria The 'Brutality of the World', According to Vladimir Putin TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Analysts have spoken, thanks to the Russia-China veto of U.N. pplans to intervene in Syria, about a return to the Cold War. Viewed from Russia House, this Cold War is fueled by NATO's expansion and is coupled with the desire to limit Russia's influence in international affairs.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim PUTIN: VIEWS THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED

Al-Ahram, Egypt The Third Man: Egyptian Fears of the Foreign Plot “Fears of a foreign-led plot against Egypt are not new, nor are they accidental.” — COLUMNIST Bel Trew

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Faces Tough Decision Should Obama Not Give Green Light on Iran “If Obama turns him down, Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes on about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House meeting as the loneliest person in the world.” — COLUMNIST Yossi Verter

Kayhan, Iran Muslim Silence in the Face of U.S. Quran Burning 'Unjustifiable' “A clandestine conspiracy is underway by Americans, who want to assess the religious sensitivity of the Afghan population.” — AFGHAN ANALYST Vahid Mojdeh A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt What does the CIA Have to do with Democracy and NGO's? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The stated goals of these U.S. NGOs are just a cover for other, hidden plans that undermine Egyptian interests, particularly if those interests collide with those of the United States.” — COLUMNIST Makram Muhammad Ahmad AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu will ask Obama to Threaten Strike on Iran “Despite lack of trust on both sides, intensive preparations are underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Anti-U.S. Protests Continue in Afghanistan Feb. 24, 00:02:14 “In the four days of protesting since the discovery of burned Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25 people have been killed, including two American troops.” — Al-Jazeera News Report BURNED QURANS SPARK FOR RIOTING

Debka File, Israel U.S., France, Britain, Turkey, Italy Prepare to Intervene in Syria “Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the Syria crisis are quietly afoot. ... President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: If Israel Strikes
Iran, It Will be Because
Obama Didn't Stop It
HAARETZ: Israel Could
Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities,
but it Will Not Be Easy

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Refuse to Accept What America Would Reject TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Would the United States accept what these NGOs were doing here - undermining U.S. sovereignty - on American soil? It would absolutely refuse. So why should we accept it?” — COLUMNIST, Dr. Mahmud Madi AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Intelligence Chief Warns of Enemy Plots in Almost 'Every Field' “The enemy has hatched plots against the Islamic Republic in almost every field .This makes it more important than ever for Iranian officials and the nation to deal with all open issues of security.” — Iran Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi GOOD REASON TO BE PARANOID?

Debka File, Israel Netanyahu Feels 'Cheated' and 'Betrayed' by American Moves to Reach Out to Iran “Netanyahu has said he feels cheated. By its actions the Obama administration leaves Israel with no recourse other than to grapple with the Iranian menace on its own.” — -- DEBKA File Sources

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait Russia is 'Bloodthirsty' and China is 'Misguided' for Vetoing Syria Action TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is a truism to say that Russia has never bet on a winning horse. But sad to say, the most painful turn of events has been the conversion of China into the acolyte of a mafia-controlled country.” — Editor in Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah GULF ARAB DISAPPOINTMENT

Debka File, Israel Iranian Offensives Meet with Sluggish U.S./Israel Response

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Will
America Sacrifice Israel?
JERUSALEM POST: Romney:
'Man of the (Rich) People'

Fars News Agency, Iran Son of Director Oliver Stone Becomes a Shiite Muslim in Iran's Isfahan “The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. � It means I've accepted Mohammad and other prophets.” — Documentarian Sean Stone STONE: A SURPRISING DECISION?

Al-Ahram, Egypt Raids on Offices of U.S. NGOs Reveal Plot to 'Partition' Egypt TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The goal is partition of the region's largest country into smaller nations that would be incapable of facing down the major global blocs.” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Dunia DANCE BEGINS OVER DETAINED AMERICANS

Haaretz, Israel Israeli Madonna Fans Beg Netanyahu to Delay Iran War Until Concert is Over “The group, simply enough, is named: "Bibi don't start a war with Iran until after Madonna's show on May 29.” — HAARETZ NEWS ITEM ISRAELIS DEMAND MUSIC BEFORE WAR

El Akhbar, Egypt 'Maps' Cited in Arrest of Foreign NGO Workers - Including 19 Americans TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Maps were found at the offices of the International Republican Institute. Judge Abu-Zeid said that the maps divide Egypt's governerates into four regions. The first area is named 'Canal,' the second 'Greater Cairo,' the third 'Delta' and the fourth was lebeled 'Upper Egypt.'” — REPORTER Yusuf Jamal Masrawi

Kitabat, Iraq Iraqi Officials Cover Up for 'American Terrorists' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This goes beyond the issue of planning to assassinate the governor. It goes to the fact that the Americans who were detained have been involved with dirty operations before.” — COLUMNIST Raqiyah Ismail UNPOPULAR U.S. CONTRACTORS

Jerusalem Post, Israel Obama's 'Rhetorical Storm'
SYRIA UNREST	“The White House has no intention of doing anything even vaguely effective to end Assad's reign of terror in Syria.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Obama's Egyptian Fiasco
DEBKA FILE: Thousands of
Troops from Six Countries
Train for Persian Gulf Action
DEBKA FILE: First Foreign
Troops in Syria Back Rebels;
Damascus and Moscow at Odds
HAARETZ: The Clinton-Assad
Meeting that Never Happened

Zaman, Turkey Syria: U.S. May Be Hiding Behind Russia's U.N. Veto “Just like China and Russia, perhaps the U.S. isn't too eager to intervene in Syria. Maybe the U.S. judges it better hiding behind a Russia veto to claim that the latter is solely responsible for non-intervention in Syria.” — COLUMNIST Beril Dedeoglu

Debka File, Israel Iran's Nuclear Arms Program Now Complete; Nuclear Bomb Can Be Assembled Any Time “Iran has completed development of a nuclear weapon and waits only a sign from the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, to begin the assembly of its first nuclear weapon.” — -- Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi BUILDING A CASE FOR ATTACKING IRAN

HAARETZ: Vice Premier:
'Military Strike Can Hit All
of Iran's Nuclear Facilities'
HAARETZ: Eclectic Cast
of Jews 'Added Spice'
to Republican Primary

Mehr News Agency, Iran Supreme Leader Says Americans are Taking Revenge Against Syria “If one closely observes developments unfolding in Syria, it becomes clear that the United States has hatched a plot against the country. Unfortunately, certain foreign and nearby countries are involved.” — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei IRAN DEFENDS THE INDEFENSIBLE

Debka File, Israel United States Plans for Iran Clash in May “A portable floating base will aid countermeasures against mines Iran has said it will plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the oil embargo and expand the range of commandos into coastal areas. Navy SEALs will take on Iran's large fleet of speedboats.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Kayhan, Iran By Obeying U.S. Sanctions on Iran, Europe Damages its Own Economic Interests “Iran doesn't need any country to do it favors by buying its oil, because demand is always there.” — Supreme Leader Senior Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati SHOULD THIS MAN BE WORRIED?

Haaretz, Israel Hollywood's Jews Must See Film Footnote, Oscar or No “Simply, Americans and Israelis don't understand one another. We dance around the fact, we shy away from truly examining it, but we are, as communities and as individuals, in many, many respects, total strangers.” — COLUMNIST Bradley Burston

DEBKA FILE: Iran Prepares 'War
of Attrition' in Strait of Hormuz
DEBKA FILE: Saudis to have More
Advanced U.S. Fighters than Israel

Arab Business, United Arab Emirates Saudi Prince Al-Faisal Warns of Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East “We must study carefully all the options, including the option of acquiring WMDs. We cannot simply leave it for somebody else to make the choice for us.” — Saudi Intelligence Chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal

Safa TV, Kuwait Iraq Sunni Cleric Asserts 'Shiites in Iraq Welcomed the American Occupiers' January 25, 00:03:51 “This is the history of the Shia ... all of their political parties, Chalabi and his ilk, Ayad Allawi, they all work for the Americans ... they formed ties outside of the country, and then returned.” — Taha Al-Dulaimi, a Sunni cleric SUNNI BITTERNESS OVER U.S. INVASION

Al Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: U.S. Forces Pluck Hostages Out of Somalia January 25, 00:03:51 “Since a Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in Mogadishu in 1994, the U.S. has largely retreated to the sidelines, as Somalia's neighbors stepped in.” — REPORTER Rosiland Jordan AMERICA'S NAVY SEALS DO IT AGAIN

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Thanks Families of Assassinated Nuclear Scientists “These dear martyrs are worthy of honor for two reasons: First, because of their research and their competence handling sensitive information vital to the nation's interests; and second, because of the divine and spiritual nature of the young.” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei SUPREME LEADER ARRIVES TO GIVE COMFORT

Debka File, Israel India to Pay Iran for Oil in Gold Instead of Dollars; Gold Markets 'Stunned' “By trading in gold, New Delhi and soon Beijing, enable Iran to bypass the oil embargo and the upcoming freeze on the assets of the Iran Central Bank. ... The vast sums involved in are expected to lift the price of gold and depress the value of the dollar on world markets.” — Debka File News Item

Debka File, Israel U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Passes Through the Strait of Hormuz; Scene is Set for U.S.-Iran Talks “Panetta is the first high-ranking U.S. official to give Tehran an ultimatum: Accept America's offer to negotiate the terms for halting your nuclear weapon program, or face up to the mighty fleet of U.S. aircraft carriers.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: 2012: The Year that
Could Bring a U.S. Strike on Iran

Mehr News Agency, Iran Details Emerge of Barack Obama's Letter to Tehran “Obama has written a cunning letter that intends to claim that the United States is responsible for maintaining security in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, when it is Iran which is responsible for maintaining security around this region.” — Expediency Discernment Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaii

Debka File, Israel Shock: Tel Aviv - Not Washington, Canceled Massive Joint Exercise “Washington was taken aback by the decision. It was perceived as a mark of Israel's disapproval for the U.S. administration's hesitancy to impose tougher sanction on Iran.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Netanyahu Urges Action
Against Tehran 'Before it's Too Late'

Zaman, Turkey Ankara 'Condemns' Rick Perry's Comments on Islamists Ruling Turkey “We strongly condemn the baseless and inappropriate allegations. ... people who aspire to posts with great responsibility, like the U.S. presidency, should be more knowledgeable about the world and more careful in the statements they make.” — ZAMAN News Item RICK PERRY: WELL INFORMED?

ZAMAN: Intelligence Suggests
Iran Plans Attack on Turkey
ZAMAN: The 'So-Called'
Iranian Nuclear Threat

Daily Star, Lebanon Iran: A War to Avoid “Whoever the culprit of of the latest bomb attack against an Iranian nuclear scientist is, these murders constitute war carried out under another name.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Marines' Urination
Episode an Answer to American
Question 'Why Do they Hate Us?'

Debka File, Israel U.S., Israeli in 'Open Rift' Over Iran Attack “The White House has called off the largest war game the U.S. and Israel have every staged.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria In 2012, World Will Turn on Democratic Elections TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Who can say whether Obama in the U.S. or France's Sarkozy, potentially outgoing incumbents who have had to confront the worst economic crises that their nations have ever known, will manage to retain their posts?” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib

Debka File, Israel U.S. Acts to Restrain Israeli Attack on Iran “The bombing attack in Tehran that killed Iran nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan resulted an angry phone call from U.S. President Obama to Prime Minister Netanyahu.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: U.S. Aircraft
Carriers Opposite Iran;
15,000 troops in Kuwait
JERUSALEM POST: U.S.
Seeks Assurances that
Israel Won't Attack Iran

Al-Arabiya, Dubai Video of Marines Urinating Reinforces Arab Suspicion “Killing fighters in battle is one thing, but degrading the value of human beings like this is something else.” — Archimandrite Qais Sadiq, President of Amman's Ecumenical Studies Center

Kayhan, Iran Killing Iran's Scientists Won't Stop Our March toward Nuclear 'Progress' “They assassinated of my son to reminds us of how much they [the West] hate our guts and to show their hostility. These are our sworn enemies.” — Sediqeh Salari, Mother of Scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Iraq's American Embassy is 'Suspicious and Dangerous'! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's as if the U.S. Embassy is there not only to protect U.S. interests, but to manage the entire world from the very heart of Baghdad.” — Qassim Al Ta'ee, Sheikh and Shiite Religious Leader ANGST OVER REMAINING AMERICANS

Debka File, Israel Russian, French Warships Off Syria and Iran; U.S. Drones Over Iranian Coast “Military sources report that in preparation for Tehran to carry out its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a buildup of Western naval forces opposite Iran in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea has taken place in the last 48 hours.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Why
Cyber-Attacks Should Be
Treated as Missile Strikes
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel
Must Boost Effort to Rekindle
Support on U.S. Campuses

Samidoon, Palestinian Territories If Washington Makes War on Iran, it will be America's Last TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We hate war, as it only results in destruction, orphans and widows - and because its victims are often our brothers. But if U.S. launches a fourth war, it will be its last.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Bari Atwan OBAMA: PREPARING FOR ANOTHER WAR?

Debka File, Israel Saudis, Gulf Nations on War Alert for America-Iran Clash “Riyadh has been leaning hard on the White House not to let Tehran get away with its warning and to react with 'full force' to Iranian pretensions to control sea traffic transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Israel Should Keep in
Mind: Obama is Down - Not Out
HAARETZ: 'Nukes Don't Kill
People - People Kill People'

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait It's Iran that May Soon Find Itself 'Wiped Off the Map' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This recent Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is more reckless and dangerous than the 9-11 terrorist attacks which so changed the world.” — EDITOR IN CHIEF Ahmed Al-Jarallah RUMBLINGS OF WAR IN THE GULF ...

Jerusalem Post, Israel U.S. to Finalize Missile Drill; U.S. Troops Coming to Israel “Israel snd the U.S. will hold the world's largest missile defense exercise this spring; thousands of U.S. troops will head to Israel.” — REPORTER Yaakov Katz

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Threatens Use of Strait of Hormuz as a 'Defensive Tool' “We advise, warn and recommend to them not to station this carrier where it recently was in the Persian Gulf. We aren't used to repeating our warnings. We issue them once and only once.” — Commander-in-Chief of Iran Army, Ataollah Salehi U.S. TOLD TO 'STAY OUT'

Azzaman, Iraq America's Withdrawal is Not the Issue in Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Not only have the volatile voices opposing America's pullout ruined any chance for greater gains, they've also begun warning about a terrifying future and a government collapse.” — COLUMNIST Bushra Al-Khazragi GRAPPLING WITH GETTING ALONG

Debka File, Israel Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on its Central Bank 'Act of War' “The bill, targeting anyone dealing with the Iranian Central Bank seeks to force other countries to choose between buying oil from Iran or being shut out of transactions with U.S. banks and financial institutions.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

HAARETZ: World Should be Glad
that Steve Jobs Wasn't an Israeli
HAARETZ: In Republican Primaries,
Neither Israel nor Palestinians Win

Azzaman, Iraq Barack Obama is 'Milking' Iraq War for All it's Worth TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The Iraq occupation has always been a valuable commodity for U.S. President Barack Obama.” — COLUMNIST Fateh Abdulsalam IRAQ GETTING SHORT END OF STICK?

Debka File, Israel Iran Raises Anti-U.S. Alert; Israel Warns of Regional War “Tehran is expected to strike back hard by sowing mines in the Strait of Hormuz and in waters opposite the oil fields and terminals of other Gulf oil producer like Saudi Arabia.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

Kitabat, Iraq U.S. Withdrawal is 'Two Victories in One' for Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Iraqis are a people that have suffered injustice to an extent that is rare - even in this world.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Nassir Jabbaar Al Nasseri WHAT CAN IRAQIS LOOK FORWARD TO?

Sotal Iraq, Iraq 'Stubborn' Iraqis Mistaken to Demand America Withdraw TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It seems rather than examining Iraq's military preparedness, the stubborn among us have dug in their heels, insisting on labeling a reduced American presence as 'occupation of the Iraqi state.' This is illogical and ridiculous.” — COLUMNIST Amran Al-Obaidi

Debka File, Israel As America Leaves Iraq, U.S. and Israel Discuss Dwindling Iran Options “the door has been opened for Tehran to try and mend its fences with Washington - provided Iran is willing to throw Assad to the wolves.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Goodbye
Iraq; Hello Vietnam-Like Trauma
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Obama Should 'Talk Quietly' to
Israel About Attacking Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Obama Electrifies
the Crowd at Reform Jewish Parley
HAARETZ: Obama Speaks
Jewish, Republicans Don�t
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Tom Friedman is Wrong

Samidoon, Palestinian Territories 'Thank You Newt Gingrich � Your Insolence is Required!' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “For it to become an ex-empire, the United States needs another president like George Bush Jr. Undoubtedly, Newt Gingrich is perfectly suited to the task.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Bari Atwan SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT OF ARABS ...

Israel National News, Israel The Ramblings of 'Uncle Tom' Friedman, 'Jewish Anti-Semite' “Tom Friedman has evidently turned in his membership card to the Jewish race and become a post-modern, post- Zionist, moral relativist Israel hater.” — COLUMNIST Ron Jager TOM FRIEDMAN STIRS LOBBY CONTROVERSY

JERUSALEM POST: Newt Gingrich
Versus the Palestinian Authority
DEBKA FILE: Iran Propositions
Saudia Arabia on 'Anti-U.S. Pact'

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Newt Gingrich's 'Fervent' Wish: A 'Final Solution' for the Palestinian People TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “This man, who accuses overly- accommodating Mahmoud Abbas of having an 'enormous desire' to destroy Israel, himself clearly displays a compulsive desire to destroy all Palestinians, whose existence he doesn't recognize.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim

Jerusalem Post, Israel 'Gingrich's Fresh Hope'
U.S. ELECTION	“Gingrich's statement about the Palestinians was entirely accurate. That is, the Palestinian people were invented ninety-one years ago.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Republican Posturing on Isreal
'Dangerous' and Not Authentic
DEBKA FILE: While Unlocking
U.S. Drone Secrets, Iran Will
Practice Closing Hormuz Strait
DEBKA FILE: Iran's Price for
Russian, Chinese Access to U.S.
Drone: Nuke Knowhow, Missiles
HAARETZ: Ron Paul Says
U.S. Money Won't Help Israel

Kayhan, Iran Virtual U.S. Embassy in Iran is 'Tech-Savvy' Attempt to Spy “This virtual U.S. embassy is illegal. Under the 1961 Vienna Convention, the establishment of diplomatic relations between states - and of permanent diplomatic missions - takes place by mutual consent only.” — Majlis Member Fatemeh Ajorlouz THE WHITE HOUSE STRIKES A NERVE

Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Jordan Influential Iraqi Shiite Leaders Warn of Likely Iraq-Syria War TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC

Kayhan, Iran Revolutionary Guards Proudly Show Downed U.S. Spy Drone “After it entered the eastern part of the country, the aircraft fell into a trap set by our armed forces and was downed with minimal damage.” — Aerospace Forces Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh AN END OF YEAR PRESENT FROM THE CIA

Al Watan, Oman How Iraq's Resistance Saved Women from the Americans TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Soon, such women didn't hesitate to try and lure others into working with occupation forces. It wasn't long before the courageous men of the resistance confronted each and every female that allowed herself to work for the criminal invaders.” — COLUMNIST Walid Al Zubaydi TARGETED BY THE ALLIED INVASION?

Debka File, Israel Loss of U.S. Drone to Iran Strengthens Case for Israel to Attack “Military sources say that the knowledge gleaned by Iran compels the U.S. and Israel to revise their plans of attack for aborting the Iranian nuclear program.” — Debka File Sources

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'Insensitive'
Panneta Blames the Victim
HAARETZ: Israel is Losing its
'Base' in the Democratic West
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Qaddafi's Western Friends
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Republican
Hopefuls Vie for Jewish Vote

Kitabat, Iraq Western Powers Back Ocean Piracy as Weapon of Control TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “When risk endangers their plans, the capitalist powers that stand behind all underground economic activity rush to create a crisis wherever they deem necessary - for example, by conjuring up a pretext for 'fighting terrorism.' In fact, it wouldn't be too far- fetched to say that terrorism was created by them for that purpose.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah Abbas ARE THESE MEN AMERICA'S EMPLOYEES?

Haaretz, Israel Clinton Warns about Israel's 'Eroding Democratic Values' “The U.S. secretary of state is astonished by Knesset initiatives in favor of restricting left-wing NGOs, as well as by the exclusion of women from public spaces and other phenomena.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

HAARETZ: Ministers React
Sharply to Hillary Clinton's
Criticism of Israel Democracy
HAARETZ: Jewish Groups
Demand Obama Act Over U.S.
Envoy's Anti-Semitic Remarks
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'Israel
Could Lose American Jewry'
HAARETZ: Streisand to
Perform for IDF Soldiers
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Flap
Over Israeli Ad Campaign in
U.S. 'Just a Misunderstanding'
DEBKA FILE: Israel Warns U.S. 'We
Can't Wait Until Iran has a Nuke'
DEBKA FILE: Panetta Suggests
Israel Must Bow to a Nuclear Iran

Mail & Guardian, South Africa Discontent with America Expands at Climate Talks “The U.S. could set a good example but we all know the situation of the U.S. at home. It's very hard for the Obama Administration to move forward with climate change because of the situation in Congress.” — Chief U.N. Negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger IS U.S. FOOT DRAGGING ON CLIMATE?

AL-JAZEERA VIDEO: Thousands
Rally in Durban for Climate Action

MAIL & GUARDIAN: Tensions Run High
as Climate Change March is Disrupted
MAIL & GUARDIAN: U.N. Warns
of 'Irreversible' Climate Change
BUISINESS DAY: Gap in Global
Climate Finance Will be a 'Disaster'

Al-Iraq News, Iraq The Coming Iraqi Storm TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This country is in for a new phase of political and security turmoil - and more violence.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Fadhil Al Badrani

Kayhan, Iran European 'Puppets' Obey Their American Masters to Hurt Iran “We're surprised by these European puppets, who like impotent servants immediately repeat whatever their master in the United States says.” — IRAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad THE WEST ACCUSSES AND TEHRAN DENIES

Debka File, Israel With Russia En Route, U.S. Carrier Strike Force Enters Syrian Waters “The Syrian crisis is building to a superpower face-off unparalleled since the Cold War between the U.S. and USSR ended in the nineties.” — Debka File Sources

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria Goldman Sachs and 'Human Sacrifice' to the Money God TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “When profit is deified, scam artists become prophets. Gloss over secularism and liberal deregulation as we might, its high priests are theologians of both injustice and famine.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim

Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Jordan 'Smell of Gunpowder' Has Arabs on Edge TRANSLATED ARABIC “History is repeating. We We are now living in an atmosphere like that before the launch of the Iraq War.” — COLUMNIST Mohamed Kawash

Haaretz, Israel Report: Russian Warships to Enter Syrian Waters to Stem Foreign Intervention

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: While Jews
Won't Mind Romney's Mormonism,
But Christians Very Well Might
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Henry Kissinger
Called Jews 'Self-Serving Bastards'

Sotal Iraq, Iraq America Deliberately Denies Iraq Weapons and Training TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “America did this because its plan to withdraw from Iraq is anything but permanent. In fact, America doesn't want to leave at all, so it has to dream up reasons to stay.” — COLUMNIST Qasim Al-Kafaji DO AMERICANS REALLY INTEND TO LEAVE?

Kitabat, Iraq Iraq Caught in Middle as U.S. Asserts Iranian Murder Plot TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Iraq will not participate directly in the anticipated outbreak with Iran. But that won't allay fears for Iraq's security when the sides take to the field to settle their accounts.” — COLUMNIST Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Zoubaidi

Haaretz, Israel Obama has Kept Iran at Bay - and U.S. Republicans Know It “It seems that Republican candidates for president have been so busy talking to one another that they have an alternative universe of facts.” — COLUMNIST Mel Levine

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Sarkozy Says
He 'Cannot Bear' Liar Netanyahu
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
The Anti-Bibi Debacle
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Instead of
Badmouthing Bibi, World Leaders
Should take Action 'Against Israel'
HAARETZ: On Sale: Only '499
Casualties' in War with Iran

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria The Currency Wars: Coming Soon to a Country Near You TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Chinese officials haven't hesitated to talk about the risk of a 'currency war,' and have warned America's senate against the adoption of a bill that provides for penalties against products of countries of concern.” — COLUMNIST Akram Belkaid NAIL BITING TIME FOR WORLD LEADERS

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon After Qaddafi: The Arab Spring Looks More Like Spring Fever TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “This victory will be all the more tricky to manage because it must inevitably be shared - by way of commercial contracts - with the powers that contributed to it.” — COLUMNIST Issa Goraieb

Le Quotidien d�Oran, Algeria West Betrays Principles with its Glee Over Qaddafi's Death TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Every criminal has the right to a trial, and (in principal), rule of law binds all - without exception.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim HARD TO FIND GOOD HELP NOWADAYS

"A source at his former employer at FedEx in Monrovia said Duncan apparently knew he was suffering from the virus, and that his best chance of survival was to reach America, which is a position that a source from his family denied.”

"Where is the world? Our doctors are dying. Our nurses are dying. Our lab technicians are dying and yet help does not come. The only medical professionals getting life- saving treatment are foreigners - people from the U.S.and E.U.”

"There is no reason to make make concessions to Iran due to fears about Islamic State. ... The Iranians have only one goal - a military nuclear capability."

It is Islam itself in its essence and values that threatens us all with this barbaric sham of Islam - that is of allegedly divine inspiration. In this case, to confront ISIL by all possiblemeans is above all the business and the responsibility of Sunnis.”

"Eighteen years into our war with the Islamists, the U.S. government has given no public sign that it has even the slightest awareness of what its enemies are fighting for."

"Over the next few programs, I'm going to show you the truth as the Western media tries to drag the world back into the abyss of a war with the Islamic State. After two disastrous and unpopular wars, why are our governments so keen to get involved in yet another unwinnable conflict?"

"The anti-terrorism coalition, comprised of countries that have trained, equipped and financially backed terroristgroups is like a joke . ... However, any country that sincerely announces that it intends to fight terrorism from now on, we accept it.

This video is not 'slick', it is not 'well produced' and it is not 'scary.' Ask yourself why CNN, FOX News and MSNBC had to spent all day telling us how savvy and talented it shows us the terrorists are.

"Russia, Iran are indignant over plans by the U.S.-led coalition to intervene in Syria to battle ISIL, and are using the terms 'national sovereignty' and 'international law' without any regard for the intelligence of people who have been carefully watching the news.

"You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State just as your predecessor Tony Blair did following a trend amongst our Prime Minsters who can't find the courage to say no to the Americans."

"The truth will come out and the world will know that the United States and the more proactive states of Europe are no strangers to cross-border terrorism and to the disorder now threatening world security.

"Al Jazeera ridiculed the horrific beheading of James Foley and Steven Sotloff as 'Hollywood' casting, saying the executions were 'unconvincing' and could be used as a pretext for a Western intervention in Syria."

"She was proud of her Jewish heritage and a vocal supporter of Israel. We will miss her deeply and we send our heartfelt condolences to her family.”

"In its videos, ISIL calls on U.S. President Obama to leave Iraq and what it refers to as Muslim lands. Fact is, its brutality against Iraqis is what reengaged a risk-averse president in a war he was always opposed to waging."

"Ben Gurion University's computer- based personality profiling method can decipher the actual feelings of politicians. The subjects include Presidents Obama and Putin, and whistleblower Edward Snowden."

"Due to the media I came across people while in Israel from all over the world who were afraid to come to the United States, because in the worldwide media the U.S. is seen a dangerous place."

"After declaring for nearly four years that Assad must go, the U.S. president may end up sending an aircraft carrier to save him.”

"Any attempt by you, Obama, to deny Muslims their safety of living under the caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people."

"The aggressive fronts that the CIA and Shin Bet face about their interrogation tactics are the result of post-war backlashes.

“Who wants the Kurds? Hardly anyone. Who picks on them? Almost everyone: Assad's Syria, Erdogan's Turkey, Khamenei's Islamic Republic, Maliki's Iraq, all for quite obvious reasons. In contrast, one can search in vain for Obama's justification.”

"What is it about Ebola that makes the White man resistant to it, and the African vulnerable? The real question is: Why were the African Ebola victims not given the drug, even if it's at the precautionary or the experimental stage?

"Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Steven Feldstein said that because of cultural sensibilities, 'it can be a difficult and delicate conversation. We are sensitive to that and at the same time espousing our viewpoints.'"

“I think there are a few possible answers, one of them being a U.N. mandate. We saw a U.N. mandate work in Kosovo, and therefore I think we need to work to bring back a United Nations mandate to the region.'”

African news outlets fear after years of getting short shrift from Barack Obama's White House, the summit is being overshadowed by fears about Ebola spreading.

"It would appear that members of law enforcement have often utilized wiretapping techniques in order to build cases against specific, high-value individuals rather than just fighting crime."

Today's post on what Israelis think of U.S. involvement in the Gaza crisis is no less alarming for U.S.-Israeli relations that yesterday's was.

“Either Intentionally or unknowingly, the global media has been cast in a leading role in Hamas' horror show. While the journalists assume that they are helping the Palestinians by showing suffering and distress, when they are really making them worse.”

“Failing to effectively support them, the least we can do is express our unequivocal respect. ... The Palestinians people are alone as usual. ”

"A diminished American role and interest in the region, Washington's badly damaged credibility and radical shifts in the region are converging to undercut Kerry's influence."

"On Capitol Hill there's the pro- Israel cheering section, looking to ensure the flow of Jewish campaign dollars for the next election and in the case of many Republicans, seeking creative ways to use the Hamas crisis as another partisan wedge."

"To even imply that there is moral equivalence and that Israelis bear some blame for the escalation of the current crisis by calling for 'restraint' from both sides is both disappointing and a breach of allied trust."

“Since 2003, it has been quite understood that U.S. arguments legitimizing the war on terror were a deception. These were falsehoods that enabled the Americans to tell the world of a jihadist 'plague,' and say that they were the only ones who were in possession of a cure.”

"Which state in the Levant is not now facing a threat to its very existence as a result of the large number of adventurous gambles followed by setbacks amassed in recent years by the U.S. in this part of the world?"

"Egypt is sending a commando force to Saudi Arabia and boost its border defenses. This flurry of Saudi-Egyptian action comes in the wake of intelligence that ISIS fighters headed toward the Saudi border with the intention of seizing the Iraq-Saudi crossing."

“ISIS isn't the only player ... for the first time since 2003, numerous other factions and organizations are taking part and coordinating their actions to halt the political process brought on by the occupier.”

"Baghdad's announcement it has unearthed an al-Qaeda plot to acquire Iraq's chemical arms is nothing short of a bombshell. Indeed, it ] opened a Pandor's box, and at a time when the nation is sliding toward anarchy."

This is our June 18 roundup of video content from non- U.S. sources to catch you up on the Iraq crisis, today from Al-Arabiya of the UAE, the BBC, Iraq's Anwar TV, Iran's Press TV, RT, Deutsche Welle, France 24, Euronews, and Web video allegedly from ISIS.'

News segments with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, segments from Iraqi and Arabic television, and from Europe, on the burgeoning crisis in Iraq.

"Debka File's sources say that al Qaedas march of conquest at incredible speed, causing havoc and misery across Iraq, is mutating from a terrorist assault into an insurgency. It is attracting a following of disaffected Sunnis ready to fight Shiite-led Baghdad."

Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have now taken the city of Tikrit. Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claims that there has been a conspiracy in Mosul under which the Iraqi army fled their posts; and updates from Mosul and Tikrit.

"This success is an indication of the good news that the independence of our entire country is near, and gives us hope that Inshallah - the mujahedeen will bring the Afghan people's ship of highhopes nearer to the shore."

“Putin's annual salary is just over $100,000, whereas our slothful Council speaker earns four times that amount. ... For reasons that remain a mystery, our lawmakers consider themselves better than Russian President Vladimir Putin.”

“One is never really a 'friend' of an empire, but making an enemy of it is of course not recommended. Such is the way of the prevailing order.”

“It is inexplicable that a conflict of such magnitude as that in Syria be politicized to the point of ignoring the pent up hopes of an entire people. ... To the leadersof the free world, please don'tmistake the people of our region for pawns on a chess board.”

“The U.S. could release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for Israeli concessions - a freeze on most settlement construction and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.”

“To what extent will economic sanctions weaken the Kremlin's criminal role in Syria? Oh Allah, make their punishment severe, and bestow comfort on the Syrians soon!!”

“It is unreasonable to suggest that Allah fears the evil done to his Prophets from a mere movie. The claim of illegality and prohibition harms the image of Allah and trust in His Prophets.”

“The West's betrayal of Ukraine proves 'security arrangements'John Kerry is offering Israel are nothing more than piece of paper.”

“The U.S. president is obliged to clarify what his position is on a partnership with Assad in the waragainst terrorism. ... It would be illogical for Obama to demand the ouster of Assad if it would agree to a strategy dependent on him.”

“More likely than not, the new pro-American Syrian rebel force mustered under Israel's nose has Israeli military insurance against surprise attack to wipe it out.”

“The game is over - the arrogant American has to understand it is over. Starting now, he will have to deal with the catastrophic errors he has committed and the reckless policies he has followed. Let him observe well and become aware of the undeniable facts around him.”

“It is the way it is - I have been in this country 17 times during which I have done a lot of work for the people, including fighting against sanctions. I misplaced my passport - but I found it, which should suggest that I'm uncertain if I broke Zimbabwe mmigration law.”

“U.S. officials have appealed to Binyamin Netanyahu to ignore Iran's belligerent rhetoric and keep his ministers quiet, too, so as not to throw a spanner in the works of nuclear diplomacy.”

“The trio were arrested three weeks ago, shortly before one or more were to travel to Syria for final planning of the attacks, which were reportedly initiated on the direct orders of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.”

“Notice how the goal in both Iraq and Syria is the same: to stir sectarian war. And notice that backers of both wars are also the same: Iran and America.”

“The agreement in Geneva did away with the 20% stop, but left the train on the track and enables Tehran to upgrade the locomotive with newer centrifuges, so that when the day comes it can leap in a very short time to the final stop on an express track.”

“According to the arrangements, Iranian officials first hammer out an accord with local rulers, such as Assad, Nasrallah and Maliki in Baghdad. They then present it to the Putin for endorsement, after which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov refers the document to President Obama Secretary Kerry.”

“Our relationship with the world is based on Iran's national interests. In Geneva, the powers agreed to surrender to the Iranian nation's will. ... The Geneva agreement means acceptance of the Iranian nation's nuclear rights and the defeat of its cruel sanctions.”

“Sharon owed his rise to power to the abject failure of the policy agreed to at Camp David to seek a negotiated settlement ... As U.S. Secretary of State Kerry's flailing attempt to resuscitate the process shows, 14 years later, the PLO hasn't changed.”

“Conspiracy theories have served as the rack on which to hang all of our failures and loss, for example, they way we attribute every deficiency to colonialism and Israel, including the lack of proper sewage!”

“After revelations of NSA spying on Israeli prime ministers, why aren't Prime Minister Netanyahu and his predecessors Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak calling for heads to roll and a complete overhaul in U.S.-Israel ties?”

“Netanyahu's aides say that he sometimes 'speaks in 'code' and that even when it's not clear what he means by the 'code' name for this or that official, they can't ask him because he won't tell them.”

“This Chinese company is under American sanctions. And thesesanctions really hurt. Any deal with the Chinese company will be toxic. Touching it would be like touching poison fish. That would make it very difficult to Turkish firms to do the business they've been doing in the U.S.”

“Americans officials are coming to realize that without unacceptable concessions on both sides, there is no way that the ambitious U.S. diplomatic venture will succeed.”

“This issue (the cultural invasion) must be dealt with creatively, and in this effort, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance shoulder very heavy responsibility.”

“Israel's massive arsenal has failed to stall a nuclear deal between Washington and Iran. In practical terms, Mr. Netanyahu has failed to pursue a policy of opposition to Washington without provoking it, unlike his predecessor Shamir.”

“Secretary John Kerry proposed integrating Israeli and Palestinian special forces into the regional counter-terror force, alongside American, British, French, Saudi, Jordanian, Egypt and Qatar units.”

“Iran's officials should strongly consider declaring the deal null and void if they see any violation, lack of commitment, trampling on the inalienable nuclear rights of our country, or abuse of the agreement due to personal interpretations by [people in] the West and the United States.”

“General Sharif would liketo clear Taliban out of the northern and west border districts, where al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri has set up his central command and complete the transfer to Saudi Arabia of the nuclear arms plus ballistic missiles.”

“These acts have infected the U.S. with schizophrenia, since as it spies on the entire world including its closest allies, it also distributes certificates of freedom and pays lip service to principles of democracy and human rights to poor nations.”

“Judging from their reactions to the deal that world powers signed with Iran in Geneva early Sunday morning, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama live in completely far worlds.”

“Lavrov summed up the four-day conference by saying: 'Considering the whole body of circumstance, there are no losers [in the Geneva deal], all sides are winners' - a view seriously challenged by Israel, Saudi Arabia and most other Middle East governments.”

“Israel has sent the White House in Washington a confidential document outlining blow by blow how and when Iran will attain a nuclear weapon if the Obama-Kerry strategy for dealing with the issue is followed.”

“Prime minister tells John Kerry Israel is not obliged to Western deal with Tehran; according to proposed short-term deal, Iran would freeze its nuclear activities for six months, allowing more time to reach a permanent deal.”

“These acts have infected the U.S. with schizophrenia, since as it spies on the entire world including its closest allies, it also distributes certificates of freedom and pays lip service to principles of democracy and human rights to poor nations.”

“Jerusalem considers the Obama Administration's confirmation of Israeli air attack on missile stores to be 'scandalous'; TV analyst warns that America risks starting 'major flare-up.'”

“The Saudis are testing Obama, as they have seen how he tends to waver under pressure as he tries to keep both sides happy. ... And quietly, America's traditional allies in the region - like Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Gulf states - are rooting for the Saudi Arabians.”

“The handover was just a red herring to conceal a more secret handover not long before. A far more valuable gift was quietly handed to the Russian general. It was of a replica complete withsecret technology of a prize long coveted by Moscow: America's most secret drone, the RQ-170.”

“At the end of the day, we have to rely on the whistleblower. ... You need protection, even if as a whistleblower you violated laws.”

“All Arabs - those who seek change and those who oppose it, rivals of the new regimes and the old, need to open their eyes wide and see what's going on around them.”

"A source at his former employer
at FedEx in Monrovia said Duncan
apparently knew he was suffering
from the virus, and that his best
chance of survival was to reach
America, which is a position that
a source from his family denied.”

"Where is the world? Our doctors
are dying. Our nurses are dying.
Our lab technicians are dying and
yet help does not come. The only
medical professionals getting life-
saving treatment are foreigners
- people from the U.S.and E.U.”

"There is no reason to make
make concessions to Iran due
to fears about Islamic State. ...
The Iranians have only one goal
- a military nuclear capability."

It is Islam itself in its essence
and values that threatens us
all with this barbaric sham of
Islam - that is of allegedly
divine inspiration. In this case,
to confront ISIL by all possible
means is above all the business
and the responsibility of Sunnis.”

"Eighteen years into our war
with the Islamists, the U.S.
government has given no
public sign that it has even the
slightest awareness of what
its enemies are fighting for."

"Over the next few programs,
I'm going to show you the
truth as the Western media
tries to drag the world back
into the abyss of a war with
the Islamic State. After two
disastrous and unpopular wars,
why are our governments so
keen to get involved in yet
another unwinnable conflict?"

"The anti-terrorism coalition,
comprised of countries that
have trained, equipped and
financially backed terrorist
groups is like a joke . ...
However, any country that
sincerely announces that it
intends to fight terrorism
from now on, we accept it.

This video is not 'slick', it is
not 'well produced' and it is
not 'scary.' Ask yourself why
CNN, FOX News and MSNBC
had to spent all day telling
us how savvy and talented it
shows us the terrorists are.

"Russia, Iran are indignant over
plans by the U.S.-led coalition to
intervene in Syria to battle ISIL,
and are using the terms 'national
sovereignty' and 'international
law' without any regard for the
intelligence of people who have
been carefully watching the news.

"You entered voluntarily into
a coalition with the United
States against the Islamic State
just as your predecessor Tony
Blair did following a trend
amongst our Prime Minsters
who can't find the courage
to say no to the Americans."

"The truth will come out
and the world will know
that the United States and
the more proactive states
of Europe are no strangers
to cross-border terrorism
and to the disorder now
threatening world security.

"Al Jazeera ridiculed the horrific
beheading of James Foley and
Steven Sotloff as 'Hollywood'
casting, saying the executions
were 'unconvincing' and could
be used as a pretext for a
Western intervention in Syria."

"She was proud of her Jewish heritage
and a vocal supporter of Israel. We
will miss her deeply and we send our
heartfelt condolences to her family.”

"In its videos, ISIL calls on U.S.
President Obama to leave Iraq
and what it refers to as Muslim
lands. Fact is, its brutality against
Iraqis is what reengaged a risk-
averse president in a war he
was always opposed to waging."

"Ben Gurion University's computer-
based personality profiling method
can decipher the actual feelings of
politicians. The subjects include
Presidents Obama and Putin, and
whistleblower Edward Snowden."

"Due to the media I came
across people while in
Israel from all over the
world who were afraid
to come to the United
States, because in the
worldwide media the U.S.
is seen a dangerous place."

"After declaring for nearly
four years that Assad must
go, the U.S. president may
end up sending an aircraft
carrier to save him.”

"Any attempt by you, Obama,
to deny Muslims their safety
of living under the caliphate
will result in the bloodshed
of your people."

"The aggressive fronts that the
CIA and Shin Bet face about their
interrogation tactics are the
result of post-war backlashes.

“Who wants the Kurds? Hardly
anyone. Who picks on them?
Almost everyone: Assad's Syria,
Erdogan's Turkey, Khamenei's
Islamic Republic, Maliki's Iraq,
all for quite obvious reasons.
In contrast, one can search in
vain for Obama's justification.”

"What is it about Ebola that makes
the White man resistant to it, and
the African vulnerable? The real
question is: Why were the African
Ebola victims not given the drug,
even if it's at the precautionary
or the experimental stage?

"Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor Steven Feldstein said that
because of cultural sensibilities,
'it can be a difficult and delicate
conversation. We are sensitive
to that and at the same time
espousing our viewpoints.'"

“I think there are a few possible
answers, one of them being a
U.N. mandate. We saw a U.N.
mandate work in Kosovo, and
therefore I think we need to
work to bring back a United
Nations mandate to the region.'”

African news outlets fear
after years of getting short
shrift from Barack Obama's
White House, the summit is
being overshadowed by
fears about Ebola spreading.

"It would appear that members
of law enforcement have often
utilized wiretapping techniques
in order to build cases against
specific, high-value individuals
rather than just fighting crime."

Today's post on what Israelis
think of U.S. involvement in
the Gaza crisis is no less
alarming for U.S.-Israeli
relations that yesterday's was.

“Either Intentionally or
unknowingly, the global
media has been cast in a
leading role in Hamas'
horror show. While the
journalists assume that
they are helping the
Palestinians by showing
suffering and distress,
when they are really
making them worse.”

“Failing to effectively support them,
the least we can do is express our
unequivocal respect. ... The
Palestinians people are alone as usual. ”

"A diminished American role
and interest in the region,
Washington's badly damaged
credibility and radical shifts
in the region are converging
to undercut Kerry's influence."

"On Capitol Hill there's the pro-
Israel cheering section, looking
to ensure the flow of Jewish
campaign dollars for the next
election and in the case of many
Republicans, seeking creative
ways to use the Hamas crisis
as another partisan wedge."

"To even imply that there
is moral equivalence and
that Israelis bear some
blame for the escalation of
the current crisis by calling
for 'restraint' from both
sides is both disappointing
and a breach of allied trust."

“Since 2003, it has been quite
understood that U.S. arguments
legitimizing the war on terror
were a deception. These were
falsehoods that enabled the
Americans to tell the world of
a jihadist 'plague,' and say that
they were the only ones who
were in possession of a cure.”

"Which state in the Levant is
not now facing a threat to its
very existence as a result of the
large number of adventurous
gambles followed by setbacks
amassed in recent years by the
U.S. in this part of the world?"

"Egypt is sending a commando
force to Saudi Arabia and boost
its border defenses. This flurry
of Saudi-Egyptian action comes
in the wake of intelligence that
ISIS fighters headed toward the
Saudi border with the intention
of seizing the Iraq-Saudi crossing."

“ISIS isn't the only player ...
for the first time since 2003,
numerous other factions and
organizations are taking part
and coordinating their actions
to halt the political process
brought on by the occupier.”

"Baghdad's announcement it
has unearthed an al-Qaeda plot
to acquire Iraq's chemical arms
is nothing short of a bombshell.
Indeed, it ] opened a Pandor's
box, and at a time when the
nation is sliding toward anarchy."

This is our June 18 roundup
of video content from non-
U.S. sources to catch you up
on the Iraq crisis, today from
Al-Arabiya of the UAE, the
BBC, Iraq's Anwar TV, Iran's
Press TV, RT, Deutsche Welle,
France 24, Euronews, and
Web video allegedly from ISIS.'

News segments with Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, former
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi,
segments from Iraqi and Arabic
television, and from Europe, on
the burgeoning crisis in Iraq.

"Debka File's sources say that
al Qaedas march of conquest
at incredible speed, causing
havoc and misery across Iraq,
is mutating from a terrorist
assault into an insurgency. It
is attracting a following of
disaffected Sunnis ready to
fight Shiite-led Baghdad."

Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq
and Syria have now taken the city
of Tikrit. Iraq Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki claims that there has been
a conspiracy in Mosul under which
the Iraqi army fled their posts;
and updates from Mosul and Tikrit.

"This success is an indication
of the good news that the
independence of our entire
country is near, and gives us
hope that Inshallah - the
mujahedeen will bring the
Afghan people's ship of high
hopes nearer to the shore."

“Putin's annual salary is just over
$100,000, whereas our slothful
Council speaker earns four times
that amount. ... For reasons that
remain a mystery, our lawmakers
consider themselves better than
Russian President Vladimir Putin.”

“One is never really a 'friend' of an
empire, but making an enemy of it
is of course not recommended. Such
is the way of the prevailing order.”

“It is inexplicable that a conflict
of such magnitude as that in Syria
be politicized to the point of
ignoring the pent up hopes of an
entire people. ... To the leaders
of the free world, please don't
mistake the people of our region
for pawns on a chess board.”

“The U.S. could release Israeli
spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange
for Israeli concessions - a freeze
on most settlement construction
and the release of hundreds of
Palestinian prisoners.”

“To what extent will
economic sanctions
weaken the Kremlin's
criminal role in Syria?
Oh Allah, make their
punishment severe,
and bestow comfort
on the Syrians soon!!”

“It is unreasonable
to suggest that Allah
fears the evil done
to his Prophets from
a mere movie. The
claim of illegality and
prohibition harms the
image of Allah and
trust in His Prophets.”

“The West's betrayal of Ukraine
proves 'security arrangements'
John Kerry is offering Israel are
nothing more than piece of paper.”

“The U.S. president is obliged to
clarify what his position is on a
partnership with Assad in the war
against terrorism. ... It would be
illogical for Obama to demand the
ouster of Assad if it would agree
to a strategy dependent on him.”

“More likely than not, the new
pro-American Syrian rebel force
mustered under Israel's nose has
Israeli military insurance against
surprise attack to wipe it out.”

“The game is over - the arrogant
American has to understand it is
over. Starting now, he will have
to deal with the catastrophic errors
he has committed and the reckless
policies he has followed. Let him
observe well and become aware
of the undeniable facts around him.”

“It is the way it is - I have been in this
country 17 times during which I have
done a lot of work for the people,
including fighting against sanctions. I
misplaced my passport - but I found it,
which should suggest that I'm uncertain
if I broke Zimbabwe mmigration law.”

“U.S. officials have appealed to
Binyamin Netanyahu to ignore
Iran's belligerent rhetoric and
keep his ministers quiet, too, so
as not to throw a spanner in the
works of nuclear diplomacy.”

“The trio were arrested three
weeks ago, shortly before one
or more were to travel to Syria
for final planning of the attacks,
which were reportedly initiated
on the direct orders of al-Qaeda
leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.”

“Notice how the goal in both
Iraq and Syria is the same: to
stir sectarian war. And notice
that backers of both wars are
also the same: Iran and America.”

“The agreement in Geneva did away
with the 20% stop, but left the train
on the track and enables Tehran to
upgrade the locomotive with newer
centrifuges, so that when the day
comes it can leap in a very short time
to the final stop on an express track.”

“According to the arrangements,
Iranian officials first hammer out
an accord with local rulers, such
as Assad, Nasrallah and Maliki in
Baghdad. They then present it to
the Putin for endorsement, after
which Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov refers the document to
President Obama Secretary Kerry.”

“Our relationship with the world
is based on Iran's national interests.
In Geneva, the powers agreed to
surrender to the Iranian nation's
will. ... The Geneva agreement
means acceptance of the Iranian
nation's nuclear rights and
the defeat of its cruel sanctions.”

“Sharon owed his rise to power
to the abject failure of the policy
agreed to at Camp David to seek
a negotiated settlement ... As
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry's
flailing attempt to resuscitate
the process shows, 14 years
later, the PLO hasn't changed.”

“Conspiracy theories have served
as the rack on which to hang all of
our failures and loss, for example,
they way we attribute every
deficiency to colonialism and Israel,
including the lack of proper sewage!”

“After revelations of NSA
spying on Israeli prime
ministers, why aren't Prime
Minister Netanyahu and his
predecessors Ehud Olmert
and Ehud Barak calling for
heads to roll and a complete
overhaul in U.S.-Israel ties?”

“Netanyahu's aides say that
he sometimes 'speaks in 'code'
and that even when it's not
clear what he means by the
'code' name for this or that
official, they can't ask him
because he won't tell them.”

“This Chinese company is under
American sanctions. And these
sanctions really hurt. Any deal
with the Chinese company will
be toxic. Touching it would be
like touching poison fish. That
would make it very difficult to
Turkish firms to do the business
they've been doing in the U.S.”

“Americans officials are coming to
realize that without unacceptable
concessions on both sides, there is
no way that the ambitious U.S.
diplomatic venture will succeed.”

“This issue (the cultural invasion)
must be dealt with creatively, and
in this effort, Islamic Republic of
Iran Broadcasting and the Ministry
of Culture and Islamic Guidance
shoulder very heavy responsibility.”

“Israel's massive arsenal has failed
to stall a nuclear deal between
Washington and Iran. In practical
terms, Mr. Netanyahu has failed to
pursue a policy of opposition to
Washington without provoking it,
unlike his predecessor Shamir.”

“Secretary John Kerry proposed
integrating Israeli and Palestinian
special forces into the regional
counter-terror force, alongside
American, British, French, Saudi,
Jordanian, Egypt and Qatar units.”

“Iran's officials should strongly
consider declaring the deal null
and void if they see any violation,
lack of commitment, trampling
on the inalienable nuclear rights
of our country, or abuse of the
agreement due to personal
interpretations by [people in]
the West and the United States.”

“General Sharif would like
to clear Taliban out of the
northern and west border
districts, where al-Qaeda
leader Zawahiri has set up
his central command and
complete the transfer to
Saudi Arabia of the nuclear
arms plus ballistic missiles.”

“These acts have infected the
U.S. with schizophrenia, since
as it spies on the entire world
including its closest allies, it
also distributes certificates of
freedom and pays lip service
to principles of democracy and
human rights to poor nations.”

“Judging from their reactions to the
deal that world powers signed with
Iran in Geneva early Sunday morning,
Prime Minister Netanyahu and President
Obama live in completely far worlds.”

“Lavrov summed up the four-
day conference by saying:
'Considering the whole body
of circumstance, there are no
losers [in the Geneva deal],
all sides are winners' - a view
seriously challenged by Israel,
Saudi Arabia and most other
Middle East governments.”

“Israel has sent the White House in
Washington a confidential document
outlining blow by blow how and
when Iran will attain a nuclear
weapon if the Obama-Kerry strategy
for dealing with the issue is followed.”

“Prime minister tells John Kerry
Israel is not obliged to Western
deal with Tehran; according to
proposed short-term deal, Iran
would freeze its nuclear activities
for six months, allowing more
time to reach a permanent deal.”

“These acts have infected the
U.S. with schizophrenia, since
as it spies on the entire world
including its closest allies, it
also distributes certificates of
freedom and pays lip service
to principles of democracy and
human rights to poor nations.”

“Jerusalem considers the
Obama Administration's
confirmation of Israeli air
attack on missile stores to
be 'scandalous'; TV analyst
warns that America risks
starting 'major flare-up.'”

“The Saudis are testing Obama, as
they have seen how he tends to
waver under pressure as he tries
to keep both sides happy. ... And
quietly, America's traditional allies
in the region - like Egypt, Israel,
Jordan and the Gulf states - are
rooting for the Saudi Arabians.”

“The handover was just a red
herring to conceal a more secret
handover not long before. A far
more valuable gift was quietly
handed to the Russian general. It
was of a replica complete with
secret technology of a prize long
coveted by Moscow: America's
most secret drone, the RQ-170.”

“At the end of the day, we have
to rely on the whistleblower. ...
You need protection, even if as a
whistleblower you violated laws.”

“All Arabs - those who seek
change and those who oppose
it, rivals of the new regimes
and the old, need to open
their eyes wide and see
what's going on around them.”